Marceline
Marceline was given to 733 girls in 2025, #424 among girls’ names; 6,738 Americans have been recorded with it since 1891 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,750 Americans named Marceline and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (70% of everyone recorded); the median is 5 years old and half are between 2 and 10.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marceline by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marceline mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marceline is “a female given name.”
(place in Missouri): From the female given name.
/ˈmɑɹ.səˌlin/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marceline?
#424 among girls’ names, 2025
Marceline rose from #1,672 in 2015 to #424 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.07 to 0.46 per 1,000.
733 babies in 2025, the peak
Marceline peaked in 2025, when 733 girls were given it, #424 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 607 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 733 | #424 | 0.46 |
| 2024 | 607 | #506 | 0.37 |
| 2023 | 508 | #590 | 0.32 |
| 2022 | 431 | #677 | 0.26 |
| 2021 | 362 | #786 | 0.22 |
| 2020 | 263 | #970 | 0.16 |
| 2019 | 238 | #1,064 | 0.14 |
| 2018 | 179 | #1,283 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 197 | #1,223 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 148 | #1,532 | 0.08 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 128 | #1,672 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 143 | #1,532 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,947 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,406 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,971 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 6 | #16,237 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 8 | #13,353 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,433 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,780 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,751 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,915 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,326 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,836 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,805 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,936 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,883 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,748 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,899 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,733 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,506 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,952 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,134 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 9 | #7,145 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,609 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,204 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 7 | #8,048 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,788 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,875 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,604 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,062 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,223 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,647 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,328 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,662 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,581 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,723 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,661 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,248 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,754 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,430 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,153 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 17 | #3,053 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 16 | #3,056 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,666 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,768 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 10 | #4,069 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,795 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,846 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,270 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,303 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,043 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,396 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,108 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,295 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,926 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,065 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,564 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,350 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,875 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,270 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,614 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,618 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,574 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,305 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,438 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,467 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,406 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 48 | #1,000 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 60 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 77 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 87 | #723 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 126 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 201 | #474 | 0.18 |
| 1928 | 241 | #437 | 0.21 |
| 1927 | 166 | #550 | 0.14 |
| 1926 | 97 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 79 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 69 | #916 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 55 | #1,022 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 46 | #1,139 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 49 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,096 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,229 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,436 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,199 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 41 | #1,107 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 37 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 35 | #1,016 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,258 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,202 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,514 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,397 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,551 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,072 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 12 | #1,135 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,636 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,061 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,145 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,260 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,432 | 0.03 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,290 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Marceline a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marceline has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 111 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Marceline: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marceline, and how old are they?
4,750 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 70% of the 6,738 Americans ever recorded as Marceline. The median Marceline alive today is 5 years old; half are between 2 and 10.
The 2020 Census counted 2,383 people named Marceline (2,367 women and girls, 16 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,194 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 163 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 234 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 138 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 85 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,020 |
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 Marceline born?
The states with the most babies named Marceline are California, Texas and Florida, with 31% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 99 | #332 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 81 | #419 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 35 | #525 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 29 | #398 | 0.7× |
| Washington | 27 | #270 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 27 | #417 | 0.5× |
| New York | 24 | #694 | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 23 | #386 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 23 | #464 | 0.7× |
| Missouri | 23 | #274 | 1.0× |
Where Marceline is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marceline is most over-represented in Arizona: since 1910 it was given 1.2 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 Marceline 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 6 names spelled alike, given to 12,571 babies since 1880, Marceline is the most given (54% of them). In 2025 it was given to 733 of their 799 babies (92%), again the 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 |
| Marcellene | 112 | under 5 | 1929 |
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 Marceline
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 Marceline and names like it
- Compare Marceline and MarcelinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMarceline peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marceline since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Marceline.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Marceline alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.