Girls' name · since 1971
Marbella
Marbella has 2,467 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,085 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,364 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,467
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Marbella currently ranks #1364 among girls' names in America, with 2,467 babies recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marbella has been recorded 2,467 times among girls since 1971, currently ranked #1364 nationally and more common than 92% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #4,085 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,364 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,467 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marbella ranks #4,085 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,364 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,467 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,085 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,364 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,467
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Marbella's 2,467 recorded births place it above 94.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Marbella compares
2,467 Top 20% higher than 80% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marbella's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marbella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,467 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 162 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marbella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marbella's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 80% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 20%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 162, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marbella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 162
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Marbella by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (695 births, 28% of the file).
2010s was Marbella's strongest decade.
695 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Marbella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 74
1970s
74 births
- 1980s 129
1980s
129 births
- 1990s
1990s
359 births
- 2000s
2000s
611 births
- 2010s
2010s
695 births
- 2020s
2020s
599 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 695 births (28% of all-time use).
How Marbella compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marbella's total volume
Marbella by state
Where Marbella concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 915 | 37.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 398 | 16.1% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 70 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 46 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 33 | 1.3% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 16 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.4% |
| #8 | New York | | 10 | 0.4% |
915 of 2,467 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Marbella appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Marbella's data
- Marbella's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (695 total births) through the 2020s (599) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Marbellas (915 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Marbella
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marbella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marbella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.