Marcella is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1922 and has since faded.
Marcella is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #948 for girl births in the United States (and #1,813 across all names), given to 272 babies. Marcella was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1922 (1,537 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 272 | 272 | #948 | — |
| 2024 | 237 | 237 | #1,054 | — |
| 2023 | 230 | 230 | #1,077 | — |
| 2022 | 216 | 216 | #1,134 | — |
| 2021 | 243 | 243 | #1,041 | — |
| 2020 | 243 | 243 | #1,038 | — |
| 2019 | 256 | 256 | #1,008 | — |
| 2018 | 231 | 231 | #1,089 | — |
| 2017 | 228 | 228 | #1,106 | — |
| 2016 | 196 | 196 | #1,249 | — |
| 2015 | 170 | 170 | #1,392 | — |
| 2014 | 160 | 160 | #1,425 | — |
| 2013 | 161 | 161 | #1,418 | — |
| 2012 | 168 | 168 | #1,388 | — |
| 2011 | 172 | 172 | #1,346 | — |
| 2010 | 155 | 155 | #1,463 | — |
| 2009 | 168 | 168 | #1,407 | — |
| 2008 | 186 | 186 | #1,327 | — |
| 2007 | 184 | 184 | #1,324 | — |
| 2006 | 194 | 194 | #1,246 | — |
| 2005 | 174 | 174 | #1,286 | — |
| 2004 | 195 | 195 | #1,164 | — |
| 2003 | 197 | 197 | #1,120 | — |
| 2002 | 230 | 230 | #966 | — |
| 2001 | 200 | 200 | #1,065 | — |
| 2000 | 206 | 206 | #1,026 | — |
| 1999 | 236 | 236 | #900 | — |
| 1998 | 236 | 236 | #895 | — |
| 1997 | 223 | — | #904 | — |
| 1996 | 184 | — | #1,018 | — |
| 1995 | 197 | — | #956 | — |
| 1994 | 209 | — | #913 | — |
| 1993 | 224 | — | #869 | — |
| 1992 | 280 | — | #749 | — |
| 1991 | 245 | — | #832 | — |
| 1990 | 272 | — | #759 | — |
| 1989 | 224 | — | #841 | — |
| 1988 | 274 | — | #700 | — |
| 1987 | 243 | — | #757 | #7,700 |
| 1986 | 281 | — | #659 | — |
| 1985 | 240 | — | #718 | — |
| 1984 | 283 | — | #637 | #6,055 |
| 1983 | 286 | — | #612 | — |
| 1982 | 299 | — | #602 | — |
| 1981 | 312 | — | #591 | — |
| 1980 | 361 | — | #531 | #6,882 |
| 1979 | 346 | — | #550 | #5,797 |
| 1978 | 326 | — | #544 | — |
| 1977 | 296 | — | #585 | — |
| 1976 | 328 | — | #535 | — |
| 1975 | 385 | — | #477 | — |
| 1974 | 372 | — | #477 | — |
| 1973 | 397 | — | #462 | — |
| 1972 | 444 | — | #437 | #5,470 |
| 1971 | 502 | — | #421 | #5,372 |
| 1970 | 511 | — | #430 | — |
| 1969 | 508 | — | #430 | — |
| 1968 | 534 | — | #406 | #3,976 |
| 1967 | 522 | — | #399 | — |
| 1966 | 543 | — | #393 | — |
| 1965 | 587 | — | #376 | — |
| 1964 | 630 | — | #383 | — |
| 1963 | 686 | — | #364 | — |
| 1962 | 675 | — | #363 | #4,422 |
| 1961 | 682 | — | #366 | — |
| 1960 | 628 | — | #379 | — |
| 1959 | 611 | — | #382 | — |
| 1958 | 662 | — | #361 | #3,787 |
| 1957 | 641 | — | #359 | #4,336 |
| 1956 | 673 | — | #337 | — |
| 1955 | 650 | — | #334 | — |
| 1954 | 701 | — | #320 | #3,342 |
| 1953 | 656 | — | #321 | #4,155 |
| 1952 | 679 | — | #310 | — |
| 1951 | 693 | — | #298 | — |
| 1950 | 673 | — | #300 | — |
| 1949 | 678 | — | #298 | — |
| 1948 | 662 | — | #298 | #3,995 |
| 1947 | 720 | — | #290 | — |
| 1946 | 660 | — | #288 | — |
| 1945 | 592 | — | #287 | #3,604 |
| 1944 | 638 | — | #274 | — |
| 1943 | 700 | — | #266 | #3,858 |
| 1942 | 648 | — | #273 | — |
| 1941 | 678 | — | #248 | — |
| 1940 | 715 | — | #237 | — |
| 1939 | 639 | — | #249 | #3,790 |
| 1938 | 661 | — | #247 | #2,788 |
| 1937 | 670 | — | #241 | #3,381 |
| 1936 | 673 | — | #240 | — |
| 1935 | 743 | — | #228 | #3,505 |
| 1934 | 800 | — | #219 | — |
| 1933 | 817 | — | #212 | — |
| 1932 | 943 | — | #195 | — |
| 1931 | 964 | — | #189 | #4,130 |
| 1930 | 1,045 | — | #186 | #2,719 |
| 1929 | 1,044 | — | #189 | #2,889 |
| 1928 | 1,203 | — | #174 | #2,985 |
| 1927 | 1,159 | — | #182 | #4,571 |
| 1926 | 1,197 | — | #177 | #2,507 |
| 1925 | 1,413 | — | #167 | #4,019 |
| 1924 | 1,481 | — | #164 | #4,733 |
| 1923 | 1,503 | — | #158 | — |
| 1922 | 1,542 | — | #155 | #4,710 |
| 1921 | 1,509 | — | #159 | #3,747 |
| 1920 | 1,404 | — | #161 | — |
| 1919 | 1,271 | — | #171 | #4,557 |
| 1918 | 1,343 | — | #163 | — |
| 1917 | 1,141 | — | #175 | #3,104 |
| 1916 | 1,007 | — | #182 | #4,276 |
| 1915 | 905 | — | #186 | — |
| 1914 | 738 | — | #183 | #2,384 |
| 1913 | 595 | — | #189 | #3,097 |
| 1912 | 495 | — | #197 | #2,773 |
| 1911 | 333 | — | #217 | #1,669 |
| 1910 | 295 | — | #219 | — |
| 1909 | 266 | — | #215 | — |
| 1908 | 248 | — | #216 | — |
| 1907 | 203 | — | #231 | — |
| 1906 | 182 | — | #238 | — |
| 1905 | 175 | — | #239 | — |
| 1904 | 146 | — | #261 | — |
| 1903 | 149 | — | #248 | — |
| 1902 | 145 | — | #260 | — |
| 1901 | 123 | — | #264 | — |
| 1900 | 125 | — | #296 | — |
| 1899 | 123 | — | #256 | — |
| 1898 | 106 | — | #300 | — |
| 1897 | 77 | — | #336 | — |
| 1896 | 79 | — | #328 | — |
| 1895 | 71 | — | #338 | — |
| 1894 | 64 | — | #346 | — |
| 1893 | 57 | — | #357 | — |
| 1892 | 42 | — | #411 | — |
| 1891 | 44 | — | #381 | — |
| 1890 | 43 | — | #382 | — |
| 1889 | 37 | — | #404 | — |
| 1888 | 33 | — | #436 | — |
| 1887 | 25 | — | #455 | — |
| 1886 | 18 | — | #534 | — |
| 1885 | 27 | — | #399 | — |
| 1884 | 18 | — | #493 | — |
| 1883 | 19 | — | #446 | — |
| 1882 | 21 | — | #396 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | — | #567 | — |
| 1880 | 14 | — | #461 | — |