Marsella — #12168 US girls' name
166 babies named Marsella in U.S. Social Security records since 1905, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Marsella was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Marsella in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marsella
The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Marsella between 1905 and 2024, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marsella currently holds the #12168 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marsella performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Marsella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marsella 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 166 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.
Marsella at a glance
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Current rank
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Marsella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1905
- Peak year (1990)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 120 years of records
Currently ranks #12168 among girls.
166 total births across 120 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 8 births in a single year.
Marsella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 34 births that decade — 20% of Marsella's all-time total
Marsella decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marsella's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% 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, 1905–2024 (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.