Marisol
- Pronunciation
- [Ma-ri-sol]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Bitter
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Marisol
Marisol is a Spanish name most plausibly understood as a compound of mar (sea) and sol (sun) — evoking the image of sunlight on water, a pairing that has made it a beloved name in Spanish-speaking coastal cultures. The association with "bitter" reflects a tie to Maria (from the Hebrew Miryam, sometimes glossed as bitter), but Marisol's day-to-day identity in the Spanish tradition is firmly the sea-and-sun compound rather than any bitterness. The poetic compound reading is the more culturally current one. The recorded variant is Marise.
In the SSA top-1000, Marisol first appeared in 2000 and peaked at #321 in 2006, accumulating 12,559 top-1000 births over its chart span. Notably, it has demonstrated strong staying power: rather than fading after its mid-2000s peak, the name has remained on the chart continuously and shown a recent upward trend — #820 with 342 births in 2022, #784 with 359 births in 2023, and #739 with 380 births in 2024. That 2024 count represents a meaningful uptick, suggesting renewed interest among Hispanic and broader American families alike.
Marisol's enduring appeal is easy to understand: it is euphonious in both Spanish and English, carries vivid natural imagery, and feels culturally rooted without being obscure to non-Spanish speakers. Its three-syllable flow and bright vowel sounds give it warmth, while its steady presence on the chart over more than two decades marks it as a genuine classic within its naming tradition rather than a passing trend.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Marisol
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Marisol by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2006 with 1,021 girls named Marisol (girl rank #321 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #667 for girls (423 US births). That's 346 places below its 2006 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Marisol Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Marisol the strongest states are New Mexico, Arizona, California.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | #181 | 57 |
| 2 | Arizona | #500 | 123 |
| 3 | California | #515 | 648 |
| 4 | Texas | #542 | 569 |
| 5 | Oregon | #622 | 30 |
| 6 | Washington | #647 | 78 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | #681 | 26 |
| 8 | Colorado | #701 | 47 |
| 9 | Alabama | #767 | 19 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | #802 | 30 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Marisol in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marise | Infinite; Endless | Male | Japanese |
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Compare Marisol to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Marisol against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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