Marcellina — #15391 US girls' name
292 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.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Marcellina was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Marcellina in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marcellina
The Social Security Administration has registered 292 babies named Marcellina between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marcellina currently holds the #15391 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marcellina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Marcellina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marcellina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marcellina 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 292 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.
Marcellina at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Marcellina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (1976)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #15391 among girls.
292 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 20 births in a single year.
Marcellina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 124 births that decade — 42% of Marcellina's all-time total
Marcellina decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Marcellina's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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 292 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.