How Many People Are Named Marcela?
An estimated 8,028 people in the United States have the first name Marcela. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 30 years old, and Marcela peaked in popularity in 1999 with 210 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Marcela as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Marcela paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
8,028
About 1 in 42,695 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
30
years old
Peak Year
1999
210 births
Total Registered
8,817
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Marcela
Marcela is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 8,817 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Marcela as a female name
Ranked #1,472 in 2024
148 female births in 2024
Peak: 1999 (210 births)
Marcela: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Marcela span from the 1900s to the 2020s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 1,802 babies were registered. While Marcela is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Marcela by Decade
How has Marcela tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Marcela by State
Birth registrations for Marcela span all 19 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Florida. The lowest are in South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Nevada. On average, about 348 Marcelas were registered per state.
Marcela + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Marcela as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Marcela
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Marcela: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Marcela?
We estimate approximately 8,028 people named Marcela are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 42,695 Americans share this first name.
Is Marcela a common name?
Marcela is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 8,817 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Marcela most popular?
Marcela reached peak popularity in 1999, when 210 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Marcela is approximately 30 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Marcela a female name?
Marcela is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Marcela Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Marcela Smith, Marcela Johnson, Marcela Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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