# Marcella (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marcella/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Marcee |
| Variant spellings | Marcelle, Marchella, Marchelle |
| US babies named this | 65,836 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 222 / 65,614 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 381, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Marcella.

## 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 | 172 | 1,346 |
| 2012 | 168 | 1,388 |
| 2013 | 161 | 1,418 |
| 2014 | 160 | 1,425 |
| 2015 | 170 | 1,392 |
| 2016 | 196 | 1,249 |
| 2017 | 228 | 1,106 |
| 2018 | 231 | 1,089 |
| 2019 | 256 | 1,008 |
| 2020 | 243 | 1,038 |
| 2021 | 243 | 1,041 |
| 2022 | 216 | 1,134 |
| 2023 | 230 | 1,077 |
| 2024 | 237 | 1,054 |
| 2025 | 272 | 948 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 5 | 3,858 |
| 1945 | 5 | 3,604 |
| 1948 | 5 | 3,995 |
| 1953 | 5 | 4,155 |
| 1954 | 7 | 3,342 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,336 |
| 1958 | 6 | 3,787 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,422 |
| 1968 | 6 | 3,976 |
| 1971 | 5 | 5,372 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,470 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,797 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,882 |
| 1984 | 6 | 6,055 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,700 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,956 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 14 | 2,008 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,628 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,389 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,259 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,362 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Marcela
- French: Marcelle
- Irish: Mairsile
- Portuguese: Marcela
- Romanian: Marcela
- Spanish: Marcela

## People named Marcella

- Saint Marcella, Christian saint
- Marcella Althaus-Reid, Argentine-Scottish theologian (1952-2009)
- Marcella Detroit, American soprano vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter
- Marcella Place, American field hockey player
- Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player
- Sarah Springman, British-Swiss triathlete, civil engineer, and academic
- Jennifer Peña, American singer

## 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.