Mariel

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mariel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mariel: Recorded since 1983, it reached #257 in 1997, and it stood at #503 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
45times a registrar ranked it
42years from first to last
#257highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#3848
1999	#3900
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2012	#5876
2015	#5730
2021	#5581
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 36 of the 42 years from 1983 to 2024.

In 2024: #503 among girls in Norway, #4843 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1983–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #657 among girls in Norway in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1983–2024
Highest recorded position: #257 among girls in Norway, in 1997 (recorded 1983–2024).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mariel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 36 years beginning in 1983, and has registered 322 births with the name.

Mariel across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mariel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#657 (1983)	#257 (1997)	#503 (2024)	36 of 42	322 (1983–2024)	19 (1988)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3795 (1996)	#4843 (2024)	9 of 29	28 (1996–2024)	4 (2024)

Mariel by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mariel in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	57	7 of 10	8
1990sbusiest	126	10 of 10	13
2000s	91	10 of 10	9
2010s	44	8 of 10	6
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Mariel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1983 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #257 in Norway in 1997.

Mariel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#503	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#502	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#563	4	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#560	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#531	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#480	7	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#540	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#425	9	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#566	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#375	12	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#388	11	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#312	15	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#494	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#509	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#537	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#505	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#400	9	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#313	13	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#332	12	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#309	13	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#257	17	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#382	10	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#456	8	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#305	14	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#358	12	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#311	14	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#364	12	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#342	14	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#379	12	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#273	19	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#536	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#618	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#620	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#611	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#657	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1983 and 2024, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #257, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in Norway in 1988.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Marianne · #2, 81y
Marie · #12, 81y
Mariell · #119, 45y
Mariella · #790, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Danial · #258, 32y
Leroy · #258, 34y
Krystyna · #255, 39y
Demelza · #260, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Danial · #258, 32y
Deane · #255, 12y
Hiba · #254, 40y
Orlaigh · #254, 21y

Mariel was ranked #257 in Norway · Girls in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mariel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mariel without appearing here.

Mariel moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5730 and #2328 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4373 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5876 and #3681 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Mariel

Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #425 and #499 in Norway · Girls; by 2012 that had become #540 and #272.
Zara Compare
In 2013 they stood at #480 and #558 in Norway · Girls; by 2014 that had become #531 and #275.
Lily Compare
In 2005 they stood at #509 and #555 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #494 and #290.
Sienna Compare
In 2005 they stood at #509 and #616 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #494 and #309.

Moved the opposite way to Mariel

Iben Compare
Between 1988 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Mariel went from #273 to #503 while Iben went from #668 to #11.
Lily Compare
Between 1994 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Mariel went from #305 to #503 while Lily went from #642 to #90.
Hennie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Mariel went from #257 to #503 while Hennie went from #610 to #35.
Ava Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Mariel went from #332 to #503 while Ava went from #603 to #134.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1983 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #257 in Norway in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mariel

Mariel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mariel across 2 official records

Mariel by decade in Norway · Girls

Mariel appears in

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Mariel at a glance

Mariel across 2 official records

Mariel by decade in Norway · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Mariel moved ahead of

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