# Marceline (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marceline/  
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 | /ˈmɑɹ.səˌlin/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Marcelina |
| US babies named this | 6,738 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,738 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 163, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

(place in Missouri): From the female given name.

## 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 | 13 | 8,975 |
| 2012 | 48 | 3,407 |
| 2013 | 102 | 1,947 |
| 2014 | 143 | 1,532 |
| 2015 | 128 | 1,672 |
| 2016 | 148 | 1,532 |
| 2017 | 197 | 1,223 |
| 2018 | 179 | 1,283 |
| 2019 | 238 | 1,064 |
| 2020 | 263 | 970 |
| 2021 | 362 | 786 |
| 2022 | 431 | 677 |
| 2023 | 508 | 590 |
| 2024 | 607 | 506 |
| 2025 | 733 | 424 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,817 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,197 |

## People named Marceline

- Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet and novelist
- Marceline Day, American actress (1908–2000)
- Marceline Loridan-Ivens, director, screenwriter and actor (1928-2018)

## 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.