girl's name

Mariella

  • Origin Greek
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 7,066

the United States

#944

2025 births

Mariella is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 274 babies in the United States, ranking #944. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Mariella is a name of Greek origin.
  • Peaked in 2025, when 274 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 12,100 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.

Mariella over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,605
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Mariella by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 41
1920s 115
1930s 96
1940s 76
1950s 57
1960s 110
1970s 130
1980s 230
1990s 395
2000s 1,031
2010s 1,605
2020s (to 2025) 1,327

How popular is Mariella?

In 2025, Mariella was given to 274 babies in the United States, ranking #944 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Mariella is used

Scotland #730 4 in 2022
United States #944 274 in 2025
Ireland #1,029 3 in 2007
England & Wales #1,127 30 in 2025
Canada #2,076 11 in 2024
France #7,002 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Mariella

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Mariella also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Mariella over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Mariella in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Mariel

Sibling names for Mariella

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mariella — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Mariella

How popular is the name Mariella?

In 2025, Mariella was given to 274 babies in the United States, ranking #944 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Mariella a girl's or a boy's name?

Mariella is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Mariella most popular?

Mariella peaked in 2025, when 274 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Mariella a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Mariella currently ranks #944 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.