Girls' name · since 1891
Marceline
Marceline has 6,738 recorded births since 1891 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,118 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #424 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,738
- born since 1891
- 2020s
- peak decade
6,738 babies have been named Marceline since 1891, making it today's #424 girls' name.
Marceline has 6,738 recorded births among girls since 1891, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #424 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1891 to 2025.
- #2,118 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #424 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,738 born since 1891
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marceline ranks #2,118 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #424 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,738 born since 1891, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,118 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #424 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,738
- born since 1891
- 2020s
- peak decade
Marceline's 6,738 recorded births place it above 97.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Marceline compares
6,738 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Marceline's all-time total is 18x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marceline | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,738 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 733 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marceline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marceline's SSA record in two at 1956 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 733, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marceline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1891–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 733
- Annual births at peak, across 135 years of records
Marceline by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,904 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Marceline's strongest decade.
2,904 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Marceline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 20
1890s
20 births
- 1900s 67
1900s
67 births
- 1910s 282
1910s
282 births
- 1920s 1,050
1920s
1,050 births
- 1930s 535
1930s
535 births
- 1940s 185
1940s
185 births
- 1950s 164
1950s
164 births
- 1960s 116
1960s
116 births
- 1970s 82
1970s
82 births
- 1980s 70
1980s
70 births
- 1990s 40
1990s
40 births
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,202 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,904 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,904 births (43% of all-time use).
How Marceline 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 Marceline's total volume
Marceline by state
Where Marceline concentrates geographically, total births since 1891
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 592 | 8.8% |
| #2 | California | | 581 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 210 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 196 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 194 | 2.9% |
| #6 | New York | | 190 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Florida | | 174 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 160 | 2.4% |
592 of 6,738 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Marceline appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Marcelines (592 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 Marceline: 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 (~134 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, 1891–2025 (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 Marceline 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.