Marcela

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Marcela: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Marcela: Recorded since 2005, its highest recorded position is #790, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#790highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3970
2007	#3218
2008	#3860
2010	#4012
2011	#4764
2013	#3160
2014	#4684
2016	#2547
2018	#2499
2019	#2040
2020	#3447
2021	#2942
2022	#3970
2023	#4709
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #4843 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3970 among girls in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marcela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Marcela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	15	3 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	53	7 of 10	8
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Marcela appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024.

Marcela's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #790, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#790position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
19 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
13births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Marc · #73, 61y
Marcel · #148, 58y
Marcelina · #395, 19y
Marceline · #1774, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aleia · #790, 13y
Meryl · #790, 15y
Peach · #790, 10y
Zariah · #790, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aiva · #790, 19y
Aleeha · #790, 18y
Aleia · #790, 13y
Alyvia · #790, 15y

Marcela was ranked #790 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Marcela and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Marcela without appearing here.

Marcela moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #5666.
Dianne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4684 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Tracey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4764 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.
Kristin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #4763.

Moved ahead of Marcela

Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3218 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2893.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2927.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #1939.

Moved the opposite way to Marcela

Blake Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcela went from #3218 to #4843 while Blake went from #5201 to #432.
Marilyn Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcela went from #3218 to #4843 while Marilyn went from #4294 to #1541.
Meabh Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcela went from #3218 to #4843 while Meabh went from #5201 to #952.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcela went from #3160 to #4843 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.

Moved the same way as Marcela

Evan Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcela went from #3218 to #4843 and Evan from #3218 to #5891.
Kari Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcela went from #3218 to #4843 and Kari from #3667 to #5891.
Kristine Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcela went from #3218 to #4843 and Kristine from #3667 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcela went from #3160 to #4843 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marcela

Marcela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marcela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Marcela appears in

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Marcela at a glance

Marcela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Marcela

Marcela and the names beside it

Marcela moved ahead of

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