Marceline

What Marceline means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Marceline yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,667 in 2015, #424 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Marceline?

US: Rising: up from #1667 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2705 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 733 girls got the name (#424 that year). First in the US records in 1891.

How common

• About 1 in 2,193 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 9,381 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.71 per 1,000 girls), SD (1.64 per 1,000 girls), OR (1.3 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Marceline is #424 in the US and #1197 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Marceline were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Marcilene5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Marceline

Girls

• Elowyn#299Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,619 in 2015, #299 in 2025
• Jane#221“God is gracious”^*
• Oaklynn#153Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #153 vs #4,867 in 2025
• Cataleya#237Editor’s note Up from #437 in 2015 to #237 in 2025 in the US
• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Mabel#201“lovable”^*

For a brother

• Dean#125“valley”^*
• Kyrie#244Editor’s note Up from #333 in 2015 to #244 in 2025 in the US
• Rory#199“red-haired king”^*
• Harvey#251“iron + blazing”^*
• Weston#55Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #120 in 2015, #55 in 2025
• Leon#138“lion”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Marceline’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.