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How popular is “Marcella” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marcella” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Marcella” 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 “Marcella” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Marcella” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marcella” 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
1880 14 0.000069484 14 100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 100%
1882 21 0.000094794 21 100%
1883 19 0.000087579 19 100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 100%
1885 27 0.000112101 27 100%
1886 18 0.000070501 18 100%
1887 25 0.000101054 25 100%
1888 33 0.000110193 33 100%
1889 37 0.000128052 37 100%
1890 43 0.000142667 43 100%
1891 44 0.000153485 44 100%
1892 42 0.000125608 42 100%
1893 57 0.000175264 57 100%
1894 64 0.000188963 64 100%
1895 71 0.000202268 71 100%
1896 79 0.000220989 79 100%
1897 77 0.00022193 77 100%
1898 106 0.000277883 106 100%
1899 123 0.000362582 123 100%
1900 125 0.000277619 125 100%
1901 123 0.000355685 123 100%
1902 145 0.000374936 145 100%
1903 149 0.000390871 149 100%
1904 146 0.000361847 146 100%
1905 175 0.000412812 175 100%
1906 182 0.000424786 182 100%
1907 203 0.000436193 203 100%
1908 248 0.000507522 248 100%
1909 266 0.00052032 266 100%
1910 295 0.000499398 295 100%
1911 333 0.000516858 327 6 96%
1912 495 0.000500981 490 5 98%
1913 595 0.000523256 590 5 98%
1914 738 0.00052106 729 9 98%
1915 905 0.000493881 905 100%
1916 1007 0.00052057 1002 5 99%
1917 1141 0.000568581 1133 8 99%
1918 1343 0.000618577 1343 100%
1919 1271 0.0006023 1266 5 99%
1920 1404 0.000620513 1404 100%
1921 1509 0.00064639 1502 7 99%
1922 1542 0.000673611 1537 5 99%
1923 1503 0.000652774 1503 100%
1924 1481 0.000621848 1476 5 99%
1925 1413 0.00060558 1407 6 99%
1926 1197 0.000521363 1185 12 98%
1927 1159 0.000499707 1154 5 99%
1928 1203 0.00053208 1194 9 99%
1929 1044 0.000476242 1035 9 98%
1930 1045 0.000470025 1035 10 98%
1931 964 0.00045809 959 5 99%
1932 943 0.000446646 943 100%
1933 817 0.000408613 817 100%
1934 800 0.000385205 800 100%
1935 743 0.000355519 737 6 98%
1936 673 0.000323935 673 100%
1937 670 0.000314455 664 6 98%
1938 661 0.000298747 653 8 98%
1939 639 0.000290001 634 5 98%
1940 715 0.000310507 715 100%
1941 678 0.000278277 678 100%
1942 648 0.000237205 648 100%
1943 700 0.000248002 695 5 99%
1944 638 0.000237168 638 100%
1945 592 0.000223151 587 5 98%
1946 660 0.000206553 660 100%
1947 720 0.000199871 720 100%
1948 662 0.000191744 657 5 98%
1949 678 0.000194561 678 100%
1950 673 0.000192101 673 100%
1951 693 0.000188124 693 100%
1952 679 0.000178778 679 100%
1953 656 0.000170228 651 5 98%
1954 701 0.000176099 694 7 98%
1955 650 0.00016189 650 100%
1956 673 0.000163229 673 100%
1957 641 0.000152541 636 5 98%
1958 662 0.000160139 656 6 98%
1959 612 0.000147186 612 100%
1960 627 0.000150946 627 100%
1961 682 0.000164643 682 100%
1962 675 0.000167271 670 5 99%
1963 686 0.000173311 686 100%
1964 630 0.000162054 630 100%
1965 587 0.000161911 587 100%
1966 543 0.00015623 543 100%
1967 522 0.00015376 522 100%
1968 534 0.000158062 528 6 98%
1969 508 0.000146173 508 100%
1970 511 0.000141688 511 100%
1971 502 0.000146255 497 5 98%
1972 444 0.000141267 439 5 98%
1973 397 0.000131593 397 100%
1974 372 0.000122368 372 100%
1975 385 0.000127509 385 100%
1976 328 0.000108097 328 100%
1977 296 0.000093184 296 100%
1978 326 0.000102714 326 100%
1979 346 0.000103998 340 6 97%
1980 361 0.000104805 356 5 97%
1981 312 0.00009019 312 100%
1982 299 0.000085235 299 100%
1983 286 0.000082579 286 100%
1984 283 0.000081118 277 6 96%
1985 240 0.000067244 240 100%
1986 281 0.000078997 281 100%
1987 243 0.000067395 238 5 96%
1988 274 0.000074153 274 100%
1989 224 0.000058266 224 100%
1990 272 0.000068818 272 100%
1991 245 0.000062897 245 100%
1992 280 0.000072893 280 100%
1993 224 0.000059412 224 100%
1994 208 0.000055949 208 100%
1995 197 0.000053793 197 100%
1996 184 0.00005045 184 100%
1997 223 0.000061505 223 100%
1998 236 0.000064162 236 100%
1999 236 0.00006389 236 100%
2000 206 0.000054499 206 100%
2001 200 0.000053428 200 100%
2002 230 0.000061525 230 100%
2003 197 0.00005181 197 100%
2004 195 0.000051035 195 100%
2005 174 0.000045255 174 100%
2006 194 0.000049037 194 100%
2007 184 0.000046027 184 100%
2008 186 0.00004732 186 100%
2009 168 0.000043977 168 100%
2010 155 0.00004194 155 100%
2011 172 0.000047023 172 100%
2012 168 0.000045935 168 100%
2013 161 0.000044162 161 100%
2014 160 0.000043169 160 100%
2015 170 0.000045935 170 100%
2016 196 0.000053425 196 100%
2017 228 0.000063755 228 100%
2018 231 0.000065702 231 100%
2019 256 0.000073755 256 100%
2020 243 0.000072742 243 100%
2021 243 0.000071725 243 100%
2022 215 0.000063551 215 100%
2023 228 0.000068857 228 100%
2024 236 0.000070903 236 100%

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