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Marisela

#5,054 in 2025Girls' name

Form of Marisa

Marisela has been given to 10,338 babies in the U.S. since 1945. In 2025 it ranked #5,054 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1985, with 410 recorded.

Babies named Marisela, 2025

1 in 128,000

Marisela over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Marisela: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Marisa

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marisela means

Marisela is a form of Marisa.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marisa.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,309 girls were recorded with the name Marisela between 1945 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 410 in 1985; its best national rank was #495 in 1985.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,055 in 2020 to #5,054 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,876 in 2015 to #5,054 in 2025.

In the United States, 29 boys were recorded with the name Marisela between 1978 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1978; its best national rank was #4,415 in 1978.

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.

How common is Marisela?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 128,000
26 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 61,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,054
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
88,382 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Marisela 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 2025 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 88,382 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marisela. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mariselas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marisela was born before 1988 — so the typical Marisela is around 37 today.

Median birth year
1988
About 37 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
25.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
18.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
10,260
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1980s — 25.5% of all recorded uses (2,633).

Is Marisela 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
−794
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−999
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,178
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.43×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
6.3%
Peak was 1985 (410)
Years since peak
40
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#495
1985

Spellings of Marisela

Marisela is not the most common spelling — Marissa is, with 39.9% against Marisela's 3.4%.

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.

Where Marisela is used

Across 1910–2025, Marisela was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 4,000 girls, against 1 in 12,276 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

025 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 4,000
  2. 2Arizona1 in 4,348
  3. 3Texas1 in 4,348
  4. 4New Mexico1 in 6,250
  5. 5Illinois1 in 16,667
  6. 6Florida1 in 25,000
  7. 7Colorado1 in 33,333
  8. 8Washington1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Marisela has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Notable people named Marisela

People whose public names include Marisela, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Marisela by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,054
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 999
Best rank ever
#495
1985
Peak year
1985
410 that year
First recorded
1945
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,309
Count in 2025
26

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,415
1978
Peak year
1978
8 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
1994
All-time count
29
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Marisela

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

MaricelaMarielaMarcelaMarianelaMarybethMarilynnMaryanneMaryjaneMariettaMarleighMaribethMariannaMarcelleMariellaMargretMarielleMarlenaMarandaMarjoryMarylouMaryellenMarileeMariannMariangela

Names with a curve like Marisela

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Marisela, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

GriseldaAndriaSalinaCoriRachealMarlenaMonikaStefaniLissetteAleciaKiaShantel

Sibling names for Marisela

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

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