Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Marcela” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marcela” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Marcela” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Marcela” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Marcela” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Marcela” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Marcela” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marcela” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1908 9 0.000018418 9 100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 100%
1922 23 0.000010047 23 100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 100%
1927 18 0.000007761 18 100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 100%
1929 23 0.000010492 23 100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 100%
1931 15 0.000007128 15 100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 100%
1933 19 0.000009503 19 100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 100%
1940 15 0.000006514 15 100%
1941 16 0.000006567 16 100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 100%
1953 21 0.000005449 21 100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 100%
1956 19 0.000004608 19 100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 100%
1958 27 0.000006531 27 100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 100%
1960 34 0.000008185 34 100%
1961 27 0.000006518 27 100%
1962 44 0.000010904 44 100%
1963 38 0.0000096 38 100%
1964 27 0.000006945 27 100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 100%
1966 52 0.000014961 52 100%
1967 49 0.000014433 49 100%
1968 64 0.000018944 64 100%
1969 52 0.000014963 52 100%
1970 84 0.000023291 84 100%
1971 62 0.000018063 62 100%
1972 73 0.000023226 73 100%
1973 89 0.000029501 89 100%
1974 101 0.000033224 101 100%
1975 100 0.000033119 100 100%
1976 100 0.000032957 100 100%
1977 118 0.000037148 118 100%
1978 125 0.000039384 125 100%
1979 123 0.00003697 123 100%
1980 131 0.000038032 131 100%
1981 140 0.00004047 140 100%
1982 141 0.000040194 141 100%
1983 104 0.000030029 104 100%
1984 127 0.000036403 127 100%
1985 142 0.000039786 142 100%
1986 143 0.000040202 143 100%
1987 145 0.000040215 145 100%
1988 156 0.000042219 156 100%
1989 163 0.000042399 163 100%
1990 171 0.000043264 171 100%
1991 201 0.000051601 201 100%
1992 194 0.000050504 194 100%
1993 159 0.000042172 159 100%
1994 181 0.000048687 181 100%
1995 178 0.000048605 178 100%
1996 183 0.000050176 183 100%
1997 146 0.000040268 146 100%
1998 179 0.000048665 179 100%
1999 210 0.000056851 210 100%
2000 164 0.000043387 164 100%
2001 199 0.00005316 199 100%
2002 178 0.000047615 178 100%
2003 201 0.000052862 201 100%
2004 206 0.000053914 206 100%
2005 179 0.000046556 179 100%
2006 174 0.000043982 174 100%
2007 163 0.000040774 163 100%
2008 175 0.000044522 175 100%
2009 137 0.000035862 137 100%
2010 122 0.000033011 122 100%
2011 110 0.000030073 110 100%
2012 119 0.000032537 119 100%
2013 114 0.00003127 114 100%
2014 112 0.000030218 112 100%
2015 103 0.000027831 103 100%
2016 127 0.000034617 127 100%
2017 108 0.0000302 108 100%
2018 132 0.000037544 132 100%
2019 141 0.000040623 141 100%
2020 105 0.000031432 105 100%
2021 129 0.000038076 129 100%
2022 115 0.000033992 115 100%
2023 145 0.000043791 145 100%
2024 148 0.000044464 148 100%

Explore other names

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  2. Marceia
  3. Marceil
  4. Marceille
  5. Marcel
  6. Marcela (this page)
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  8. Marcele
  9. Marceleen
  10. Marcelena
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