Marcelina

#2,859 for girls in 2025, 59 births

Peak · girls
1934 · 54 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,419
since 1892

Marcelina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marcelina has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #938, 1934girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,85959
2024#2,74962
2023#2,97556
2022#3,53644
2021#3,39046
2020#4,64828
2019#3,66541
2018#4,45831
2017#3,62742
2016#4,08336
2015#4,29533
2014#4,10336
2013#5,31725
2012#5,25326
2011#6,14821
2010#4,18035
2009#4,26935
2008#4,17937
2007#4,21336
2006#4,26534
2005#4,11834
2004#4,70728
2003#4,30730
2002#4,07131
2001#2,96348
2000#3,33440
1999#3,37437
1998#3,30137
1997#2,93441
1996#3,42933
1995#3,02238
1994#2,93540
1993#2,60047
1992#3,58130
1991#3,09736
1990#2,85040
1989#3,10434
1988#3,22530
1987#2,72336
1986#3,36026
1985#3,41925
1984#2,99229
1983#2,23643
1982#2,83032
1981#2,23145
1980#2,53737
1979#2,47737
1978#2,51634
1977#2,18942
1976#3,67818
1975#2,27836
1974#2,13338
1973#2,91423
1972#3,17720
1971#2,87424
1970#3,03022
1969#3,46116
1968#3,45615
1967#3,08517
1966#2,45324
1965#2,29327
1964#2,53024
1963#2,36426
1962#4,01111
1961#4,23910
1960#2,51223
1959#2,59620
1958#3,37913
1957#2,82317
1956#2,92916
1955#2,83916
1954#3,15713
1953#2,12224
1952#2,92114
1951#2,11622
1950#2,90913
1949#1,96724
1948#1,73929
1947#1,99324
1946#2,15319
1945#2,23715
1944#1,74223
1943#2,35215
1942#2,04618
1941#1,64923
1940#1,68222
1939#1,54424
1938#1,50525
1937#1,73520
1936#1,24533
1935#1,48325
1934#93854
1933#1,12339
1932#1,23734
1931#1,42127
1930#1,19739
1929#1,19539
1928#1,25437
1927#1,36235
1926#1,16643
1925#1,46631
1924#1,22742
1923#1,55628
1922#2,02719
1921#1,43732
1920#1,62626
1919#1,69823
1918#1,80521
1917#1,84719
1916#1,73920
1915#1,62221
1914#1,30323
1913#2,1649
1912#2,9795
1911#2,4635
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1909#2,2085
1908#1,8626
1907#1,8216
1906#1,5537
1905#1,6966
1904#1,2519
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1902#1,7935
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1895#1,5925
1894#1,2377
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1892#1,0858
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First appearance
1892

The first year at least five girls were named Marcelina! It came in at #1,085, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1893, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Marcelina is popular in 1935

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedHITexas: #588 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,159 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Marcelina, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#588 · 1 in 5,159

Best ever in a state: #150 in New Mexico, 1926.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Marcelina
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 110 spots since 2024 (#2,749 → #2,859)
  • 1,789 spots since 2020 (#4,648 → #2,859)
  • 1,436 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #2,859)
  • Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1934 (#1,123 → #938)
  • Biggest drop: 545 spots in 1935 (#938 → #1,483)
Rise & fade · girls
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1934 at #938 (54 births)
  • Births halved by 1935, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1934
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,338
  • Highest: 1 in 19,338 girls born in 1934 were named Marcelina (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,242 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 11.1% of all girls named Marcelina (379) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s20#1,085 (1892)#1,305
1900s44#1,251 (1904)#1,741
1910s146#1,303 (1914)#1,958
1920s332#1,166 (1926)#1,432
1930s320#938 (1934)#1,343
1940s212#1,649 (1941)#1,956
1950s168#2,116 (1951)#2,779
1960s193#2,293 (1965)#3,040
1970s294#2,133 (1974)#2,727
1980s337#2,231 (1981)#2,866
1990s379#2,600 (1993)#3,112
2000s353#2,963 (2001)#4,043
2010s326#3,627 (2017)#4,513
2020s295#2,749 (2024)#3,360

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Marcelina in 1935

girls
#1,483
25 births · 1 in 41,943 girls

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #1,483Marcelina25
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 41,943 of them was named Marcelina, which outranked 69.7% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcelina
  1. #1,449Vallie26
  2. #1,449Veta26
  3. #1,449Willadean26
  4. #1,483Marcelina25
  5. #1,483Ailene25
  6. #1,483Anthony25
  7. #1,483Ardys25
  8. #1,514Carlyn24
  9. #1,514Caroll24
  10. #1,514Clorinda24

Tied with 30 names at #1,483; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1935 →