NameTides

Marcella

Marcella was the #948 girls' name in the US in 2025 (272 babies), and #1,362 in England & Wales and #1,768 in Canada.

Marcella as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marcella 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Marcella 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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#948 (272)#1,362 (23)——#1,768 (13)
2024#1,052 (237)#2,001 (14)——#1,479 (16)
2023#1,075 (230)#1,959 (14)—#856 (3)#1,774 (12)
2022#1,132 (216)#2,488 (10)———
2021#1,038 (243)#1,259 (26)#558 (5)#764 (4)#1,522 (15)
2020#1,031 (243)#2,300 (11)——#1,490 (15)
2019#1,007 (256)#1,389 (22)#560 (5)—#1,342 (18)
2018#1,089 (231)#1,887 (15)#809 (3)—#1,567 (14)
2017#1,104 (228)#1,628 (19)——#1,333 (18)
2016#1,241 (196)#2,008 (14)——#1,399 (17)
2015#1,388 (170)#2,328 (11)——#1,874 (11)
2014#1,422 (160)#1,966 (14)#802 (3)#876 (3)#2,617 (7)
2013#1,413 (161)#1,956 (14)——#1,792 (12)
2012#1,384 (168)#4,171 (5)—#907 (3)#2,013 (10)
2011#1,345 (172)#2,636 (9)——#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1922 at #155.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,900 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 5,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Marcella is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,200 to 1 in 7,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marcella by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: 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: #835MNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #902NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #611INOhio: #531OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,575CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,190TXFlorida: #959FL
Marcella (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Marcella (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarcellaCanadaGirls#1,76813
MarcellaEngland & WalesGirls#1,36223
MarcellaIrelandGirls—too few
MarcellaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MarcellaScotlandGirls—too few
MarcellaUSGirls#948272
MarcellaUSBoys—too few