Maridel

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Maridel has been given to 69 babies in the U.S. since 1931. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1944, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Maridel, 1955

1 in 573,000

Maridel over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Maridel: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Maridel means

Maridel is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Maridel is used in Cebuano.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 69 girls were recorded with the name Maridel between 1931 and 1955. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1944; its best national rank was #3,283 in 1944.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Maridel?

Maridel had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1955, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1955: 1 in 573,000; 7 of 4,014,099 births
Among girls only: 1 in 279,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1955: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 397,481 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Maridel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1955 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 397,481 children born in 1955 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maridel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maridels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maridel was born before 1942 — so the typical Maridel is around 83 today.

Median birth year: 1942; About 83 years old
Biggest decade: 1940s; 58.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 7; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1940s — 58.0% of all recorded uses (40).

Is Maridel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1944 (9)
Years since peak: 81; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,283; 1944

Spellings of Maridel

Maridel is not the most common spelling — Marie is, with 67.7% against Maridel's <0.01%.

Marie67.7%540,077
Ariel9.9%78,697
Muriel6.9%54,884
Marisol4.4%35,041
Maribel3.1%24,870
Maricela1.6%13,077
Mariela1.5%11,660
Marisela1.3%10,309

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Maridel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,283; 1944
Peak year: 1944; 9 that year
First recorded: 1931
Last recorded: 1955
All-time count: 69
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Maridel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Mariadel Mardel Marlani Mariani Mariell Mariany Marialy Maripaz Marsali Maryeli Maritta Mariham Marlaya Mareya Marlayah Marielly Maryori Marlia Marziya Maryuri Marieme Maryel Marloe Margean

Sibling names for Maridel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Judie Carroll Prudence Gerry Ruthann Donnie Sammie Jerrie

For a brother

Lupe Connie Jerold Gail Truman Domingo Fredric Errol

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