Marchelle
Marchelle was last recorded in 2016, when 8 babies were given it; 1,643 Americans have been recorded with it between 1947 and 2016 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,490 Americans named Marchelle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 40 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marchelle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marchelle mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marchelle is “a female given name, variant of Marcella.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marchelle?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #12,462, in 2016; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
64 babies in 1963, the peak
Marchelle peaked in 1963, when 64 girls were given it, #1,401 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | #12,462 | 4.5 |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,826 | 3.4 |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,572 | 2.8 |
| 2010 | 8 | #13,029 | 4.5 |
| 2009 | 8 | #13,228 | 4.4 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,444 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | 6 | #16,385 | 3.2 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,147 | 5.5 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,625 | 6.7 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,615 | 5.5 |
Every recorded year (62)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 15 | #6,717 | 8.5 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,946 | 7.9 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,332 | 10.9 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,682 | 12.5 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,948 | 11.4 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,193 | 14.0 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,943 | 14.9 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,518 | 7.6 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,559 | 9.1 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,325 | 17.4 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,075 | 19.0 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,539 | 15.2 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,696 | 13.8 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,714 | 13.4 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,585 | 13.9 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,968 | 17.8 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,631 | 13.2 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,138 | 16.5 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,807 | 12.6 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,377 | 15.1 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,855 | 12.5 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,774 | 19.6 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,817 | 9.1 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,418 | 23.2 |
| 1975 | 27 | #2,780 | 18.5 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,655 | 19.1 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,900 | 30.2 |
| 1972 | 35 | #2,200 | 23.0 |
| 1971 | 51 | #1,764 | 30.7 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,672 | 32.0 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,772 | 28.5 |
| 1968 | 49 | #1,666 | 29.9 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,027 | 20.6 |
| 1966 | 60 | #1,425 | 35.5 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,789 | 23.2 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,569 | 28.0 |
| 1963 | 64 | #1,401 | 33.2 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,930 | 18.3 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,590 | 25.3 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,571 | 25.2 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,043 | 15.3 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,754 | 19.4 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,800 | 18.1 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,917 | 15.9 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,198 | 12.8 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,550 | 22.1 |
| 1953 | 14 | #3,038 | 7.4 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,551 | 9.7 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,887 | 5.0 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,574 | 4.1 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,462 | 4.1 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,910 | 5.1 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Marchelle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marchelle has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 62 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Marchelle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marchelle, and how old are they?
1,490 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 1,643 Americans ever recorded as Marchelle. The median Marchelle alive today is 54 years old; half are between 40 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 1,412 people named Marchelle (1,395 women and girls, 17 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,535 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 432 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 550 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 381 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 114 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 14 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 1,909 babies since 1880, Marchelle is the most given (86% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marchelle
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Marchelle and names like it
- Compare Marchelle and MarchellaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sMarchelle peaked in 1963.
- Michigan’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marchelle since 1910.
- The top names of 1963The year the most babies were named Marchelle.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Marchelle alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with MMost given first.