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How popular is the name Marcella?
Births per year, rank history and how many Marcellas are alive today.
Marcella (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1362nd in 2025 and given to 23 babies. The name peaked in 2021, when 26 babies were given the name, the 1259th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Marcella you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old - or else around 28: the name has two living generations. Half of all Marcellas born in England and Wales are between 7 and 28, and there are at least 470 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Marcella - on average, only one in every 671 such rooms contains a Marcella.
How many babies are named Marcella each year?
Where does Marcella rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Marcella most popular?
Marcella peaked in 2021, when 26 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Marcella?
At least 470 people named Marcella born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Marcella?
Most living Marcellas are between 7 and 28; the most common age is about 6. There is a second cluster around 28.
Is Marcella becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.