Recorded 1915–1979 Girls' name Peak 1959 227 births

Marcena — girls' name

227 babies named Marcena in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s151920s401930s391940s401950s451960s291970s19
1950s
Peak decade

20% of everyone ever named Marcena was born in this single decade.

1959
Single peak year

10 babies were named Marcena in 1959 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Marcena

The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Marcena between 1915 and 1979, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marcena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marcena performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Marcena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marcena 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 227 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.

Marcena at a glance

Last recorded 1979

Total births

227

Since 1915

65 years of records

Peak year

1959

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1950s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1979

Active since

1915

Recorded for 65 years

Last year on file: 1979

Marcena popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1915

Last recorded 1979
Peak year (1959)
10
Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
4681012 19791966195619471939193119221915 5

Marcena by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1950s
Peak decade
1950s
45 births that decade — 20% of Marcena's all-time total
1910s151920s401930s391940s401950s451960s291970s19

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Marcena?
227 babies have been named Marcena since 1915. It was last recorded in 1979. The peak year was 1959 with 10 births.
When was Marcena most popular?
Marcena was most popular in the 1950s decade with 45 total births. The single peak year was 1959.
How long has the name Marcena been used?
Marcena has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 65 years of data through 1979.
What names are similar to Marcena?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mary, Margaret, Maria, Martha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1915–1979 (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.