Marcelyn
- Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1928 · 33 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 709since 1915
Marcelyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Marcelyn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
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| 2014 | — | |
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| 2011 | — | |
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| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
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| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 |
| 1928 | #1,338 | 33 |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Marcelyn! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1920, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Marcelyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Marcelyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1928 at #1,338 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,949
- Highest: 1 in 34,949 girls born in 1928 were named Marcelyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
- 23.8% of all girls named Marcelyn (169) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #4,274 (1915) | #4,623 |
| 1920s | 150 | #1,338 (1928) | #2,588 |
| 1930s | 169 | #1,594 (1931) | #2,067 |
| 1940s | 106 | #2,416 (1948) | #3,095 |
| 1950s | 128 | #2,474 (1951) | #3,377 |
| 1960s | 84 | #3,438 (1962) | #4,780 |
| 1970s | 24 | #6,362 (1970) | #8,036 |
| 1980s | 13 | #8,178 (1980) | #8,708 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,636 (2007) | #17,636 |
| 2010s | 5 | #15,539 (2019) | #15,539 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
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.
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