Marcella

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Marcella: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #138, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#138highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#1365
1998	#1319
1999	#1393
2000	#1688
2001	#2783
2002	#1658
2003	#3594
2004	#2112
2005	#2247
2006	#1983
2007	#1965
2008	#2487
2009	#1752
2010	#2104
2011	#2636
2012	#4171
2013	#1956
2014	#1966
2015	#2328
2016	#2008
2017	#1628
2018	#1887
2019	#1389
2020	#2300
2021	#1259
2022	#2488
2023	#1959
2024	#2000

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 Republic of Ireland in 39 of the 60 years from 1964 to 2023.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1959 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #138 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2023
Highest recorded position: #138 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marcella appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 39 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 678 births with the name.

Marcella across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Marcella's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#138 (1964)	#138 (1964)	#856 (2023)	39 of 60	678 (1964–2023)	43 (1972)
England and Wales · Girls	#1364 (1996)	#1259 (2021)	#2000 (2024)	29 of 29	358 (1996–2024)	26 (2021)

Marcella by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Marcella in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	135	6 of 10	23
1970sbusiest	305	10 of 10	31
1980s	173	10 of 10	17
1990s	43	6 of 10	7
2000s	9	3 of 10	3
2010s	6	2 of 10	3
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 31 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Marcella 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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #138 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Marcella'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	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1259	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1628	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2008	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1393	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1365	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#281	11	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#332	8	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	16	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	17	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	16	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	16	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	22	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	28	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	32	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#201	27	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#195	29	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	25	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	41	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#190	27	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	40	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	28	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	43	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	23	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	22	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#191	23	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	20	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	20	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#178	20	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	19	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	33	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #138, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 43 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

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.

Marceline · #1774, 12y
Marcell · #609, 25y
Marcello · #1174, 28y
Marcellus · #1534, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Peadar · #142, 61y
Emine · #132, 55y
Joyce · #144, 62y
Pauric · #132, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Ailish · #138, 62y
Katarina · #138, 61y
Dermott · #137, 19y
Derrick · #137, 52y

Marcella was ranked #138 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. 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.

Marcella 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 Marcella without appearing here.

Marcella moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4171 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #5691.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4171 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #4739.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4171 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #4739.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4171 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Marcella

Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1658 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #1472.
Ada Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1658 and #2301 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #1628.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1688 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2783 and #1107.
Meabh Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1259 and #1286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2488 and #1142.

Moved the opposite way to Marcella

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marcella went from #138 to #856 while Annie went from #112 to #48.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marcella went from #138 to #856 while Charlotte went from #171 to #60.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marcella went from #138 to #856 while Clodagh went from #149 to #54.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marcella went from #138 to #856 while Emily went from #180 to #3.

Moved the same way as Marcella

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marcella went from #138 to #856 and Alma from #327 to #625.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marcella went from #138 to #856 and Audrey from #85 to #856.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marcella went from #138 to #856 and Diane from #215 to #727.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marcella went from #138 to #856 and Eileen from #17 to #445.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #138 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marcella

Marcella at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marcella across 2 official records

Marcella by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Marcella appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Marcella

Marcella and the names beside it

Marcella moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Marcella

Moved the opposite way to Marcella

Moved the same way as Marcella

Marcella at a glance

Marcella across 2 official records

Marcella by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Marcella appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Marcella

Marcella and the names beside it

Marcella moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Marcella

Moved the opposite way to Marcella

Moved the same way as Marcella