Feminine dossier · first seen 1894

Marcelle

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

177

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1894Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

94.9%

2024

All-time

5,397

Marcelle 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 1920, when 177 girls were named Marcelle.

In 2024, only 9 girls were given the name.

Down 94.9% from its peak.

All told, about 5,397 Americans have been named Marcelle and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1894.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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