Marcelyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marcelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 709 babies named Marcelyn between 1915 and 2021, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marcelyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marcelyn performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Marcelyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Marcelyn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marcelyn 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 709 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.