# Maribel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maribel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,055 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 185 / 24,870 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 215 | 1,141 |
| 2012 | 184 | 1,294 |
| 2013 | 174 | 1,342 |
| 2014 | 155 | 1,457 |
| 2015 | 164 | 1,413 |
| 2016 | 156 | 1,477 |
| 2017 | 130 | 1,663 |
| 2018 | 112 | 1,825 |
| 2019 | 94 | 2,042 |
| 2020 | 128 | 1,628 |
| 2021 | 95 | 2,041 |
| 2022 | 168 | 1,376 |
| 2023 | 142 | 1,516 |
| 2024 | 119 | 1,712 |
| 2025 | 125 | 1,662 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 5 | 6,418 |
| 1980 | 9 | 4,370 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,276 |
| 1982 | 11 | 3,847 |
| 1983 | 13 | 3,351 |
| 1984 | 16 | 2,899 |
| 1985 | 11 | 3,948 |
| 1986 | 9 | 4,706 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,645 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,437 |
| 1990 | 10 | 5,246 |
| 1991 | 12 | 4,656 |
| 1992 | 10 | 5,504 |
| 1993 | 10 | 5,638 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,484 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Maribel

- Maribel Vinson, figure skater (1911-1961)
- Maribel Guardia, Costa Rican actress
- Maribel Owen, figure skater (1940-1961)
- Belle Perez, Belgian musician and songwriter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.