NameTides

Marcela

Marcela was the #1,548 girls' name in the US in 2025 (136 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Marcela as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marcela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Marcela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,548 (136)#4,201 (5)——#3,478 (5)
2024#1,472 (148)#4,844 (4)#790 (3)——
2023#1,493 (145)#4,710 (4)——#3,290 (5)
2022#1,782 (115)#3,971 (5)———
2021#1,622 (129)#2,942 (8)——#3,280 (5)
2020#1,849 (105)#3,447 (6)———
2019#1,528 (141)#2,040 (13)——#2,374 (8)
2018#1,616 (132)#2,499 (10)———
2017#1,876 (108)————
2016#1,684 (127)#2,547 (10)———
2015#1,950 (103)———#2,599 (7)
2014#1,818 (112)#4,684 (4)—#876 (3)—
2013#1,792 (114)#3,160 (7)——#3,286 (5)
2012#1,733 (119)———#2,921 (6)
2011#1,829 (110)#4,764 (4)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #983.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1908.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Marcela is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,800 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marcela by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #917TXFlorida: #1,112FL
Marcela (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarcelaCanadaGirls#3,4785
MarcelaEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
MarcelaIrelandGirls—too few
MarcelaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MarcelaScotlandGirls—too few
MarcelaUSGirls#1,548136