Marcella

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #948in 2025
  • 1 in 5,909girls in 2025
  • +78%last ten years
  • 2.7×in Ohio

Most popular in 1922, and up 78% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06401,28018801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Marcella, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880154
1881109
1882195
1883169
1884140
1885203
1886125
1887171
1888185
1889207
1890226
1891237
1892198
1893268
1894287
1895304
1896332
1897329
1898410
1899528
1900417
1901514
1902549
1903569
1904530
1905600
1906616
1907637
1908742
1909766
1910744
1911782
1912878
1913945
1914957
1915920
1916959
19171,048
19181,160
19191,120
19201,172
19211,218
19221,280
19231,246
19241,182
19251,156
19261,000
1927968
19281,035
1929927
1930919
1931901
1932884
1933811
1934766
1935703
1936647
1937624
1938592
1939578
1940625
1941561
1942480
1943498
1944481
1945449
1946420
1947406
1948387
1949396
1950393
1951385
1952366
1953346
1954357
1955332
1956335
1957311
1958326
1959302
1960311
1961338
1962341
1963356
1964332
1965333
1966321
1967316
1968322
1969301
1970292
1971299
1972289
1973272
1974253
1975264
1976224
1977193
1978213
1979212
1980214
1981187
1982177
1983171
1984165
1985139
1986164
1987137
1988154
1989122
1990143
1991131
1992152
1993124
1994117
1995112
1996105
1997128
1998134
1999133
2000113
2001111
2002128
2003108
2004106
200594
2006102
200796
200898
200991
201087
201198
201295
201392
201490
201595
2016111
2017132
2018136
2019153
2020150
2021148
2022132
2023143
2024146
2025169

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Ohio 2.7×
  2. Wisconsin 2.7×
  3. Indiana 1.9×
  4. Michigan 1.7×
  5. Pennsylvania 1.4×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
272
Rank in 2025
#948
How rare
1 in 5,909 girls
Since 1880
65,614

Most popular in 1922, at 1,280 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 78% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Ohio2.7×58
Wisconsin2.7×25
Indiana1.9×25
Michigan1.7×27
Pennsylvania1.4×29

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.