Girls' name · since 1892
Marcelina
Since 1892, U.S. Social Security records show 3,419 babies named Marcelina, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #3,308 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,861 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,419
- born since 1892
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marcelina currently ranks #2861 among girls' names in America, with 3,419 babies recorded since 1892.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcelina has been recorded 3,419 times among girls since 1892, currently ranked #2861 nationally and more common than 83% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 2025.
- #3,308 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,861 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,419 born since 1892
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcelina ranks #3,308 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,861 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,419 born since 1892, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,308 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,861 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,419
- born since 1892
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marcelina's 3,419 recorded births place it above 95.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Marcelina compares
3,419 Top 17% higher than 83% 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
Marcelina's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marcelina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,419 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 62 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marcelina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marcelina's full recorded timeline at 1963, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1895, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 62 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marcelina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 62
- Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
Marcelina by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (379 births, 11% of the file).
1990s was Marcelina's strongest decade.
379 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 11% of all-time use.
Marcelina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 20
1890s
20 births
- 1900s 44
1900s
44 births
- 1910s 146
1910s
146 births
- 1920s
1920s
332 births
- 1930s
1930s
320 births
- 1940s
1940s
212 births
- 1950s
1950s
168 births
- 1960s
1960s
193 births
- 1970s
1970s
294 births
- 1980s
1980s
337 births
- 1990s
1990s
379 births
- 2000s
2000s
353 births
- 2010s
2010s
326 births
- 2020s
2020s
295 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 379 births (11% of all-time use).
How Marcelina 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 Marcelina's total volume
Marcelina by state
Where Marcelina concentrates geographically, total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 782 | 22.9% |
| #2 | California | | 716 | 20.9% |
| #3 | New Mexico | | 52 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 15 | 0.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 10 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 6 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Hawaii | | 5 | 0.1% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.1% |
782 of 3,419 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Marcelina's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (379 total births) through the 2020s (295) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Marcelinas (782 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marcelina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~133 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, 1892–2025 (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 Marcelina 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.