Marcella Girl
How popular is Marcella?
#948 girl name in 2025
272 baby girls were named Marcella in the US in 2025, making it the 948th most popular girl name.
Marcella popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #948 for girls (▲ 104 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 272 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,388 in 2015, #1,031 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1922 (1,537 girls) |
| Highest rank | #155 in 1922 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marcella 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 Marcella is most popular
Babies named Marcella per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Marcella by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 222 | #389 |
| 1890s | 706 | #255 |
| 1900s | 1,762 | #215 |
| 1910s | 8,080 | #163 |
| 1920s | 13,397 | #155 |
| 1930s | 7,915 | #186 |
| 1940s | 6,676 | #237 |
| 1950s | 6,616 | #298 |
| 1960s | 5,984 | #363 |
| 1970s | 3,891 | #421 |
| 1980s | 2,787 | #531 |
| 1990s | 2,306 | #747 |
| 2000s | 1,934 | #963 |
| 2010s | 1,897 | #1,007 |
| 2020s | 1,441 | #948 |
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Questions
- Is Marcella a boy or girl name?
- Marcella is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marcella were girls.
- How popular is the name Marcella?
- 272 baby girls were named Marcella in the US in 2025, making it the 948th most popular girl name.
- When was Marcella most popular?
- Marcella peaked in 1922, when 1,537 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #155 in 1922.
- How many people are named Marcella?
- 65,836 babies have been named Marcella in the US since 1880. We estimate about 31,441 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
- Where is Marcella most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marcella was most common in Wisconsin, at 0.4 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.