Girls' name · since 1915
Marcellina
299 babies named Marcellina in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,936 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,022 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 299
- born since 1915
- 1970s
- peak decade
Marcellina currently ranks #12022 among girls' names in America, with 299 babies recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Marcellina recorded 299 times among girls since 1915, holding rank #12022 nationally today, ahead of 30% of girls, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #15,936 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,022 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 299 born since 1915
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcellina ranks #15,936 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,022 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 299 born since 1915, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,936 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,022 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 299
- born since 1915
- 1970s
- peak decade
Marcellina's 299 recorded births place it above 77.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Marcellina compares
299 45th percentile among 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
Marcellina's all-time total is 20% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marcellina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 299 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marcellina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marcellina splits its recorded history at 1979: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1976 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marcellina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1976)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Marcellina by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (124 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Marcellina's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Marcellina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 8
1940s
8 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
- 1970s
1970s
124 births
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 124 births (41% of all-time use).
Marcellina by state
Where Marcellina concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 299 births nationwide.
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What to do with Marcellina's data
- Marcellina's decade-level peak was the 1970s (124 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Marcellinas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marcellina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Marcellina 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.