Girl name
Marcella
Marcella holds the #948 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 272 newborn girls in a single year. After peaking all the way back in 1922, Marcella is staging a comeback — its rank has improved for at least three years in a row. Its strongest year on record was 1922 (#155 nationally, 1,537 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1880. The name's biggest fan base is in Ohio (#531 there in 2025).
Rankings
2025 rank
#948
among girl names
Trend
Comeback
last 5 years
All-time peak
#155
in 1922 (1920s)
Babies in 2025
272
girls named Marcella
Marcella popularity, 1880–2025
Where Marcella is most popular
Share of girls born in 2025:lowhighno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: Louisiana (#597), Kansas (#578), Ohio (#531)
Uniqueness score
50/ 100Balanced
everywhereone of a kind
Well known, but far from crowded — the middle of the field. Based on how many babies per birth were named Marcella in the most recent year of SSA data.