Marisol
Marisol is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Marisol
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marisol is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Marisol
American parents first put Marisol on the record books as a baby girl name in 1953, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1996, when 1,190 Marisols were born — ranking #234 that year. About 22% of every Marisol on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Marisol ranks #699 for baby girls with 409 births, rising sharply (+38% over the past five years). All told, over 35K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Marisol
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Marisol. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- María Soledad
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About the name Marisol
Marisol is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1953 and has accumulated 35K births in the dataset. Marisol's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #234. Use the chart and map above to compare Marisol's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.