# Mariella (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mariella/  
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 | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mariel, Mariele, Mariela, Marielle, Mariell |
| US babies named this | 5,213 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,213 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 799, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Mariella.

## 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 | 143 | 1,537 |
| 2012 | 148 | 1,509 |
| 2013 | 157 | 1,437 |
| 2014 | 159 | 1,431 |
| 2015 | 163 | 1,422 |
| 2016 | 177 | 1,343 |
| 2017 | 176 | 1,327 |
| 2018 | 181 | 1,274 |
| 2019 | 152 | 1,458 |
| 2020 | 181 | 1,258 |
| 2021 | 190 | 1,240 |
| 2022 | 197 | 1,225 |
| 2023 | 223 | 1,103 |
| 2024 | 262 | 988 |
| 2025 | 274 | 943 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 858 |
| 2012 | 31 | 1,099 |
| 2013 | 41 | 900 |
| 2014 | 30 | 1,155 |
| 2015 | 37 | 965 |
| 2016 | 31 | 1,112 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,569 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,282 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,325 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,353 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,110 |

## People named Mariella

- Mariella Ahrens, actress and model from Germany

## 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.