How rare is the name Marcelina?

7,201 people in the United States have the first name Marcelina, about 1 in 41,943. It ranks #3,071 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARCELINA

#3,071

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,201
About
1 in 41,943
This common or more
81.6%
Who bears it

Of the 7,201 people named Marcelina, 78.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.4% as White. 99.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marcelina peaked in 2024, when 62 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18922025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
62
In 2025*
59 ▼5%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,419 babies have been given the name since 1892. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Marcelina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #2,365. The largest share of babies named Marcelina, 16.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1890s#2,89720
1900s#2,82344
1910s#3,257146
1920s#2,498332
1930s#2,365320
1940s#3,279212
1950s#4,350168
1960s#4,450193
1970s#4,158294
1980s#4,446337
1990s#5,158379
2000s#6,799353
2010s#7,546326
2020s#5,706295
Before 19010.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713%
Silent Generation 1928–4515%
Baby boom 1946–6410.5%
Generation X 1965–8012.6%
Millennials 1981–9616.5%
Generation Z 1997–1216.1%
2013 and later15.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Marcelina is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marcelina has been most common in Texas (6.4×), New Mexico (6×), and California (4.5×), and least common in California (4.5×).

1,591 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Marcelina

#3,069 Michell · 7,205#3,070 Marek · 7,203#3,072 Osman · 7,199#3,072 Tyrese · 7,199

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marcelina, most common first.

#1,200 Marcella · 32,506#1,472 Marcela · 22,861#2,055 Marcelino · 13,212#6,665 Marceline · 2,383#18,103 Marcelline · 599#20,273 Marcelene · 511#20,700 Marcelyn · 497#25,276 Marcellina · 376

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