Girls' name · since 1979
Marciela
Marciela has 27 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,604 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
27 babies have been named Marciela since 1979, making it today's #13604 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marciela has been recorded 27 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #13604 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #42,342 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,604 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 27 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marciela ranks #42,342 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,604 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 27 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #42,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,604 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marciela's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Marciela compares
27 10th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marciela's all-time total is 93% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marciela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marciela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marciela's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marciela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Marciela by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Marciela's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Marciela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Marciela's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marciela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marciela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.