Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Marcella

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Marcella
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

1,537

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

84.6%

2024

236

All-time

65,337

Marcella has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1922, when 1,537 girls were named Marcella.

In 2024, only 236 girls were given the name.

Down 84.6% from its peak.

All told, about 65,337 Americans have been named Marcella and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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