Girls' name · since 1975
Marsela
249 babies named Marsela in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 249
- total births
- 1975–2013
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 32%
- born in that decade
Marsela is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 249 have been recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marsela has been recorded 249 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2013.
- 249 total births
- 1975–2013 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 32% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marsela's 249 recorded births place it above 76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Marsela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marsela's full recorded timeline at 1997, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marsela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2013
- Peak year (1995)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Marsela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Marsela's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Marsela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 26
1970s
26 births
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s
1990s
80 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 80 births (32% of all-time use).
Marsela by state
Where Marsela concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 36 | 14.5% |
36 of 249 births nationwide.
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- Marsela's decade-level peak was the 1990s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Marselas (36 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1975–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marsela: Baby Name Since 1975 - 249 Births, Peak 1995." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marsela. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Marsela 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 July 2026.