Marnie was a Top 500 baby girl name in the USA from 1968 through 1970
Marissa shot up from No. 987 in 1963 (its first appearance in USA popular names) to a Top 100 name between 1989 and 2004
Maribel’s first appearance on the USA Top 1000 female baby name list came in 1961 at No. 931
In the USA, Mariana’s popularity in the 21st century far surpassed its 20th century ranks
Families sometimes named all their babies Marie or Maria to honor the Virgin Mary, but called them by their middle name
Marcella was consistently in the Top 200 American baby girls names from 1912 to 1932