Marcelina
Marcelina was given to 59 girls in 2025, #2,882 among girls’ names; 3,419 Americans have been recorded with it since 1892 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,440 Americans named Marcelina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 33 years old and half are between 16 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marcelina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marcelina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marcelina is “a female given name, variant of Marceline.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marcelina?
#2,882 among girls’ names, 2025
Marcelina rose from #4,363 in 2015 to #2,882 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 18.5 to 36.7 per million.
62 babies in 2024, the peak
Marcelina peaked in 2024, when 62 girls were given it, #2,765 among girls’ names. The 59 births of 2025 are 95% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,882 | 36.7 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,765 | 38.3 |
| 2023 | 56 | #3,003 | 34.9 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,576 | 26.8 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,420 | 28.0 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,708 | 17.3 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,700 | 24.4 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,523 | 18.2 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,675 | 24.3 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,134 | 20.3 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 33 | #4,363 | 18.5 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,155 | 20.2 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,427 | 14.2 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,350 | 14.8 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,262 | 11.9 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,265 | 19.7 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,337 | 19.1 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,242 | 19.6 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,264 | 18.7 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,323 | 17.9 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,165 | 18.4 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,775 | 15.2 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,374 | 16.4 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,139 | 17.3 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,993 | 26.7 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,373 | 22.0 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,410 | 20.9 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,328 | 20.9 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,958 | 23.6 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,474 | 18.8 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,053 | 21.6 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,969 | 22.4 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,619 | 26.0 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,634 | 16.3 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,125 | 19.2 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,872 | 21.1 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,131 | 18.4 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,269 | 16.8 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,753 | 20.7 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,419 | 15.2 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,473 | 14.5 |
| 1984 | 29 | #3,032 | 17.2 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,259 | 25.7 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,874 | 18.9 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,249 | 27.0 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,572 | 22.3 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,508 | 23.0 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,544 | 22.2 |
| 1977 | 42 | #2,200 | 27.4 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,759 | 12.3 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,309 | 24.7 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,159 | 25.9 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,971 | 15.8 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,238 | 13.1 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,916 | 14.4 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,076 | 12.6 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,548 | 9.5 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,542 | 9.1 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,160 | 10.3 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,494 | 14.2 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,323 | 15.3 |
| 1964 | 24 | #2,568 | 12.7 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,397 | 13.5 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,171 | 5.6 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,423 | 5.0 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,550 | 11.4 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,640 | 9.9 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,483 | 6.5 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,887 | 8.3 |
| 1956 | 16 | #3,004 | 8.0 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,908 | 8.2 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,259 | 6.7 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,157 | 12.8 |
| 1952 | 14 | #3,002 | 7.5 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,165 | 12.2 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,987 | 7.6 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,996 | 14.0 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,761 | 17.1 |
| 1947 | 24 | #2,024 | 13.5 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,199 | 12.1 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,300 | 11.5 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,780 | 17.3 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,404 | 10.8 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,087 | 13.3 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,680 | 19.0 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,722 | 19.2 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,573 | 21.9 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,529 | 22.7 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,762 | 18.8 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,259 | 31.7 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,499 | 23.8 |
| 1934 | 54 | #946 | 51.7 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,130 | 38.7 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,252 | 31.9 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,444 | 25.4 |
| 1930 | 39 | #1,206 | 34.6 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,209 | 34.9 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,260 | 32.1 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,377 | 29.4 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,174 | 36.3 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,489 | 25.5 |
| 1924 | 42 | #1,238 | 33.6 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,575 | 23.2 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,074 | 15.8 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,460 | 26.0 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,645 | 21.7 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,724 | 20.4 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,852 | 18.1 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,887 | 17.6 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,775 | 19.2 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,657 | 21.3 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,326 | 30.2 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,264 | 14.4 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,260 | 9.0 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,711 | 12.0 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,411 | 14.4 |
| 1908 | 6 | #2,012 | 17.9 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,972 | 18.8 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,662 | 23.7 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,836 | 20.6 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,329 | 32.7 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,949 | 18.9 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,737 | 21.4 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,305 | 31.4 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,139 | 37.7 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Marcelina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marcelina has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 125 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Marcelina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marcelina, and how old are they?
2,440 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 3,419 Americans ever recorded as Marcelina. The median Marcelina alive today is 33 years old; half are between 16 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 7,201 people named Marcelina (7,139 women and girls, 62 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,303 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 128 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 275 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 401 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 548 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 544 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 536 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Marcelina born?
The states with the most babies named Marcelina are California, Texas and Illinois, with 100% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 9 | #2,213 | 2.2× |
| Texas | 6 | #3,159 | 3.0× |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,544 | 0.1× |
Where Marcelina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marcelina is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Marcelina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 12,459 babies since 1880, Marcelina is the second most given (27% of them). In 2025 it was given to 59 of their 799 babies (7.4%), again the second most given.
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marceline | 6,738 | 733 | 2025 |
| Marcelina | 3,419 | 59 | 2024 |
| Marcelline | 1,073 | under 5 | 1928 |
| Marcelene | 930 | under 5 | 1928 |
| Marcellina | 299 | 7 | 1976 |
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marcelina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Marcelina and names like it
- Compare Marcelina and MarcelineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMarcelina peaked in 2024.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marcelina since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Marcelina.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Marcelina alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with MMost given first.