Girls' name · since 1893
Marzella
Marzella has 528 recorded births since 1893 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1924 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 528
- born since 1893
- 1920s
- peak decade
528 girls have been named Marzella since 1893, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marzella has been recorded 528 times among girls since 1893, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1893 to 1979.
- #11,452 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 528 born since 1893
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marzella ranks #11,452 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 528 born since 1893, peaking in the 1920s.
- #11,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 528
- born since 1893
- 1920s
- peak decade
Marzella's 528 recorded births place it above 84.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marzella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marzella's SSA record in two at 1937 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1893, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1924 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marzella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–1979
- Peak year (1924)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 87 years of records
Marzella by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (144 births, 27% of the file).
1920s was Marzella's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Marzella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 17
1890s
17 births
- 1900s 19
1900s
19 births
- 1910s
1910s
62 births
- 1920s
1920s
144 births
- 1930s
1930s
79 births
- 1940s
1940s
77 births
- 1950s
1950s
77 births
- 1960s 40
1960s
40 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 144 births (27% of all-time use).
How Marzella compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marzella's total volume
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What to do with Marzella's data
- Marzella's decade-level peak was the 1920s (144 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marzella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~86 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, 1893–1979 (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 Marzella 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.