# Mariela (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mariela/  
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 | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mariel, Mariele, Mariella, Marielle, Mariell |
| US babies named this | 11,668 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8 / 11,660 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 42, 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 | 195 | 1,232 |
| 2012 | 213 | 1,155 |
| 2013 | 172 | 1,357 |
| 2014 | 171 | 1,366 |
| 2015 | 141 | 1,560 |
| 2016 | 136 | 1,620 |
| 2017 | 121 | 1,747 |
| 2018 | 146 | 1,502 |
| 2019 | 130 | 1,639 |
| 2020 | 139 | 1,530 |
| 2021 | 130 | 1,618 |
| 2022 | 177 | 1,334 |
| 2023 | 165 | 1,369 |
| 2024 | 174 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 183 | 1,232 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 8 | 6,472 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Mariela

- Mariela Castro Espín, Cuban activist
- Mariela Antoniska, field hockey player
- Mariela Coronel, Argentinian footballer
- Mariela Garriga, Cuban actress
- Mariela Spacek, Austrian judoka

## 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.