girl's name

Marcellia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Births on record 57

Marcellia is a girl's name. In 1974 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1924, when 6 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1924.

Marcellia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 1970s. The striped bar is the 1970s, still in progress — it covers 1970 to 1974, not a full ten years.

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Births named Marcellia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 6
1940s 5
1950s 15
1960s 5
1970s (to 1974) 6

How popular is Marcellia?

In 1974, Marcellia was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Marcellia is used

France #1,560 5 in 1949
United States #8,628 6 in 1974

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Marcellia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Marcellia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Marcellia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Marcellia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Marcellia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Marcellia

How popular is the name Marcellia?

In 1974, Marcellia was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Marcellia a girl's or a boy's name?

Marcellia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Marcellia most popular?

Marcellia peaked in 1924, when 6 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.