Marcella — #1053 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marcella

The Social Security Administration has registered 65,337 babies named Marcella between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marcella currently holds the #1053 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 1,537 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marcella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 13,397 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Marcella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 4,787 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Marcella in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marcella in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 65,337 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.