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Marcella

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1922, with 1,537 babies; 272 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,388, 2016: #1,241, 2017: #1,104, 2018: #1,089, 2019: #1,007, 2020: #1,031, 2021: #1,038, 2022: #1,132, 2023: #1,075, 2024: #1,052, 2025: #9481 in 5,909 girls in the US, 2025#948 · rising · was #1,388 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,328, 2016: #2,008, 2017: #1,628, 2018: #1,887, 2019: #1,389, 2020: #2,300, 2021: #1,259, 2022: #2,488, 2023: #1,959, 2024: #2,001, 2025: #1,3621 in 11,012 girls in E&W, 2025#1,362 · rising · was #2,328 in 2015

Girl’s name · Latin

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What Marcella means

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

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1922, with 1,537 babies; 272 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Marcella?

US 2025
#948
272 babies
▲ 104 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1362
23 babies
▲ 639 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #1388 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2328 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (1922)

Biggest US share so far: 1922, when 1,537 girls got the name (#155 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 5,909 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 11,012 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 LA (0.43 per 1,000 girls), KS (0.42 per 1,000 girls), OH (0.4 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

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

US vs UK

Marcella is #948 in the US and #1362 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#9482721 in 5,909#1388
England & Wales#1362231 in 11,012#2328
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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 Marcella were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20252720
England & Wales 2025230
US all years since 188065,614222
England & Wales since 19963810

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Marcela136 US · 5 E&W
  • Myrcella6 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 Marcella

Girls

  • Octavia#308“the eighth”
  • Frances#318Editor’s note Up from #513 in 2015 to #318 in 2025 in the US
  • Alma#449“nourishing, kind”
  • Regina#395“queen”
  • Sylvia#300“forest”
  • Maxine#496Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,106 in 2015, #496 in 2025

For a brother

  • Francis#420“Frankish (man); a Frank”
  • Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
  • Leon#138“lion”
  • Lionel#659“lion”
  • Felix#175“happy, lucky”
  • Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Marcella’s. Rank is US 2025.

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