Marcela Girl
How popular is Marcela?
#1,548 girl name in 2025
136 baby girls were named Marcela in the US in 2025, making it the 1548th most popular girl name.
Marcela popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,548 for girls (▼ 76 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 136 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,950 in 2015, #1,849 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (210 girls) |
| Highest rank | #944 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1908 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marcela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marcella family of names ranked #664 for girls in 2025 (#703 the year before), with 408 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marcella | 272 | 67% |
| Marcela | 136 | 33% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marcela is most popular
Babies named Marcela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (88 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (163 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (106 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Marcela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1910s | 38 | #2,375 |
| 1920s | 182 | #1,612 |
| 1930s | 129 | #1,773 |
| 1940s | 120 | #2,095 |
| 1950s | 156 | #2,166 |
| 1960s | 408 | #1,406 |
| 1970s | 975 | #1,063 |
| 1980s | 1,393 | #1,025 |
| 1990s | 1,802 | #944 |
| 2000s | 1,777 | #1,065 |
| 2010s | 1,188 | #1,528 |
| 2020s | 778 | #1,472 |
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Questions
- Is Marcela a boy or girl name?
- Marcela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marcela were girls.
- How popular is the name Marcela?
- 136 baby girls were named Marcela in the US in 2025, making it the 1548th most popular girl name.
- When was Marcela most popular?
- Marcela peaked in 1999, when 210 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #944 in 1991.
- How many people are named Marcela?
- 8,955 babies have been named Marcela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,380 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Marcela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marcela was most common in Florida, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.