Marchella — unisex name
150 babies named Marchella in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
150 girls have been named Marchella since 1956, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 2012.
- 150
- total births
- 1956–2012
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Marchella was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Marchella in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marchella
The Social Security Administration has registered 150 babies named Marchella between 1956 and 2012, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marchella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Marchella is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 14 additional births since 1981.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marchella performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Marchella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marchella 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 150 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.
Marchella at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marchella popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1956
- Peak year (1969)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
150 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 11 births in a single year.
Marchella popularity over time — boys
14 total births recorded since 1981 (Marchella as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Marchella accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marchella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 51 births that decade — 34% of Marchella's all-time total
Marchella decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Marchella's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1956–2012 (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.