Marinel

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Marinel has been given to 27 babies in the U.S. since 1924. 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 1925, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Marinel, 2002

1 in 747,000

Marinel 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Marinel: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marinel means

Marinel is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Marinel is used in Cebuano.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 27 girls were recorded with the name Marinel between 1924 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1925; its best national rank was #4,288 in 1925.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Marinel?

Marinel had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2002, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2002: 1 in 747,000; 5 of 3,737,275 births
Among girls only: 1 in 359,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2002: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 518,097 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Marinel 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 2002 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 518,097 children born in 2002 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marinel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marinels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marinel was born before 1937 — so the typical Marinel is around 88 today.

Median birth year: 1937; About 88 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 44.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 18.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 44.4% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Marinel 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 1925 (7)
Years since peak: 100; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,288; 1925

Spellings of Marinel

Marinel is not the most common spelling — Marie is, with 55.2% against Marinel's <0.01%.

Marie55.2%540,077
Maxine11.8%115,612
Ariel8.0%78,697
Muriel5.6%54,884
Marina4.0%39,514
Marisol3.6%35,041
Maribel2.5%24,870
Maricela1.3%13,077

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.

Marinel around the world

Where Marinel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1979–1979
#486
in 1979

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Marinel 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: #4,288; 1925
Peak year: 1925; 7 that year
First recorded: 1924
Last recorded: 2002
All-time count: 27
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Marinel

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

Marynel Marziya Mariham Maryeli Marieth Marelys Marciela Mariamu Marlani Mariani Mariell Marixsa Marquie Marjona Maryel Marilia Marqita Mardine Marueen Maryluz Martini Maraina Mariany Marisia

Sibling names for Marinel

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

Concepcion Easter Gene Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita

For a brother

Domenick Hosea Rollin Alvis Jewel Eldridge Lenard Lacy

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