Marcela
Marcela is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 148 births. Its best rank was 947th, in 1991.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1480.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1999210 births
- Best rank
- #947in 1991
- Since 1908
- 8,817people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,817 girls have been named Marcela in the United States since 1908, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 210 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 20%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marcela | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 9 | |
| 1910s | 38 | |
| 1920s | 182 | |
| 1930s | 129 | |
| 1940s | 120 | |
| 1950s | 156 | |
| 1960s | 408 | |
| 1970s | 975 | |
| 1980s | 1,392 | |
| 1990s | 1,802 | |
| 2000s | 1,776 | |
| 2010s | 1,188 | |
| 2020s | 642 |
In 1999, its biggest year
Marcela was the 984th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1999 were Emily, Hannah, Alexis, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1999.
Names that rose and fell with Marcela
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rebecapeak 2003
- Ilanapeak 1992
- Anapeak 1991
- Aracelipeak 2002
- Anamariapeak 2001
- Sheapeak 2005
- Annalisapeak 2005
- Stormypeak 1992
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.