Girls' name · since 1918
Marella
474 babies named Marella in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,260 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,177 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 474
- born since 1918
- 1970s
- peak decade
474 babies have been named Marella since 1918, making it today's #10177 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marella has been recorded 474 times among girls since 1918, currently ranked #10177 nationally and more common than 41% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #12,260 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,177 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 474 born since 1918
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marella ranks #12,260 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,177 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 474 born since 1918, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,260 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,177 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 474
- born since 1918
- 1970s
- peak decade
Marella's 474 recorded births place it above 83.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Marella compares
474 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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
Marella's all-time total is 26% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 474 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marella's full recorded timeline at 1979, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1927, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1970 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Marella by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (99 births, 21% of the file).
1970s was Marella's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Marella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s 17
1920s
17 births
- 1930s 28
1930s
28 births
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1950s 36
1950s
36 births
- 1960s 30
1960s
30 births
- 1970s
1970s
99 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s 32
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 99 births (21% of all-time use).
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What to do with Marella's data
- Marella's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (99 total births) through the 2020s (67) -- 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 Marella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Marella 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.