Mayela

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Mayela is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Costa Rica than in any other country, where it is the 34th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 1.7K(measured from records)
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 3.5K
  • VEVenezuela1 in 13K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Costa Rica (measured from records)

2,975 people

Sources
200 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Costa Rica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mayela counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Mayela is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CR Costa Rica#342,9751 in 1.7K3KMayela37
US United States—2,4111 in 138K2.4KMayela200
VE Venezuela#7112,1891 in 13K2.2KMayela39
NI Nicaragua#183≈1,800 est.≈1 in 3.5K—Mayela22
PE Peru—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 22K—Mayela37
SV El Salvador—≈110 est.≈1 in 58K—Mayela12

2,975 people counted by TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Mayela is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Peru, Spain

    Also written Mayéla, Máyela

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, Italy

    Also written Máyela

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19701980199020002010Mayela Quiroga Tamez, b. 1976Mayela Medina Espinoza, b. 1999Mayela Reyes, b. 2003

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Mayela
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—3K#264
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20202.4K#6,605
VE Venezuelaasosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996)—2.2K#732
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200536—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200634—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200228—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199528—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199326—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200825—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199125—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200924—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200324—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Mayela have the most bearers?
In Costa Rica, the national register counted about 3.0 thousand people named Mayela, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mayela.
Where is Mayela most common?
Mayela is densest in Costa Rica, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.7 thousand people carrying it.
Is Mayela a male or female name?
Mayela is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
How common is the name Mayela?
In Costa Rica, the national register counted 2,975 people named Mayela, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.
How common is Mayela compared with other names?
In Costa Rica, Mayela is the 34th most common given name of 15,284 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mayela” — the 34th most common given name in Costa Rica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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