# Marcela (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marcela/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,955 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,955 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 100, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 110 | 1,836 |
| 2012 | 119 | 1,738 |
| 2013 | 114 | 1,804 |
| 2014 | 112 | 1,826 |
| 2015 | 103 | 1,958 |
| 2016 | 127 | 1,687 |
| 2017 | 108 | 1,884 |
| 2018 | 132 | 1,621 |
| 2019 | 141 | 1,536 |
| 2020 | 105 | 1,854 |
| 2021 | 129 | 1,626 |
| 2022 | 115 | 1,788 |
| 2023 | 145 | 1,497 |
| 2024 | 148 | 1,478 |
| 2025 | 136 | 1,554 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Marcela

- Marcela Iacub, Argentine writer, academic and jurist
- Marcela Kloosterboer, Argentine actress
- Marcela Temer, 36th First Lady of Brazil (2016–2018)
- Marcela Moldovan-Zsak, fencer
- Marcela Said, Chilean film director
- Marcela Serrano, Chilean writer
- Marcela Morelo, Argentine singer
- Marcela Mar, Colombian actress
- Marcela Cristina Gómez, Argentine long-distance runner
- Marcela Paz, Chilean writer (1902–1985)
- Marcela Acuña, Argentine boxer
- Marcela Restrepo, Colombian football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.