Given name & surname
Maribel
Maribel is used as a given name and a surname. Maribel is connected with Mary.
Original SpanishMaría Isabel
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Maribel is used as a form of Mary.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maribel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25,055
- 185 boys · 24,870 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 778 babies
- 2025
- 125
- #1,662 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 125 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,662 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 769 in 1980. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (26). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 51,831 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maribel’s family of names
Maribel is a short form of Maria. Maribel is a form of Mary. Maribel has a related form in Marybel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Maribel
- Maribel VerdúSpanish actress (born 1970)
- Maribel Vinsonfigure skater (1911-1961)
- Maribel DomínguezMexican association football playerborn 1978
- Belle PerezBelgian musician and songwriterborn 1976
- Maribel GuardiaCosta Rican actressborn 1959
- Maribel Owenfigure skater (1940-1961)
- Maribel MartínSpanish actressborn 1954
- Maribel CaicedoEcuadorian athletics competitorborn 1998
- Maribel BlancoSpanish triathleteborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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