The first name Marcela
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 5 girls were named Marcela, making it the 4,201st most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2019, with 13 births (#2,040).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Marcela with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Marcela at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 136 girls born in the United States were named Marcela, the 1,554th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1999, when 210 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Marcela
12 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Marcela IacubArgentine writer, academic and jurist, born 1964
- Marcela KloosterboerArgentine actress, born 1983
- Marcela Temer36th First Lady of Brazil (2016–2018)
- Marcela Moldovan-ZsakFencer, born 1956
- Marcela SaidChilean film director, born 1972
- Marcela SerranoChilean writer, born 1951
- Marcela MoreloArgentine singer, born 1964
- Marcela MarColombian actress, born 1979
- Marcela Cristina GómezArgentine long-distance runner, born 1984
- Marcela PazChilean writer (1902–1985)
- Marcela AcuñaArgentine boxer, born 1976
- Marcela RestrepoColombian football player, born 1995
Questions
- How popular is the name Marcela?
- In 2025, 5 girls born in England and Wales were named Marcela, ranking 4,201st. Its peak was 2019, with 13 births.
- Is Marcela a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 8,955 US babies named Marcela since 1880 were girls.
- When was Marcela most popular?
- 1999 in the United States, when 210 babies were named Marcela, its highest rank at 984th.