# Marcelina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marcelina/  
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 | 3,419 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,419 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 463, 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 | 21 | 6,265 |
| 2012 | 26 | 5,352 |
| 2013 | 25 | 5,429 |
| 2014 | 36 | 4,157 |
| 2015 | 33 | 4,364 |
| 2016 | 36 | 4,135 |
| 2017 | 42 | 3,676 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4,525 |
| 2019 | 41 | 3,701 |
| 2020 | 28 | 4,710 |
| 2021 | 46 | 3,421 |
| 2022 | 44 | 3,578 |
| 2023 | 56 | 3,003 |
| 2024 | 62 | 2,765 |
| 2025 | 59 | 2,882 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,489 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,297 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,433 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,367 |
| 2015 | 31 | 1,114 |
| 2016 | 43 | 861 |
| 2017 | 37 | 982 |
| 2018 | 34 | 1,035 |
| 2019 | 41 | 881 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,238 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,311 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,142 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,672 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## People named Marcelina

- Marcelina Kiala, Angolan handball player
- Marcelina Darowska, Beatified Roman Catholic nun (1827-1911)

## 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.