Marcela
Girl · mar-SEL-a · Latin
Marcela is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “dedicated to Mars”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 1,548th for girls in the US (136 babies).
What does Marcela mean?
Latin: Spanish and Portuguese feminine of Marcelo
“dedicated to Mars”
The Spanish and Portuguese feminine of Marcelo, from the Roman name Marcellus, a diminutive of Marcus.
- Say it
- mar-SEL-a
Is Marcela a girl's or a boy's name?
Marcela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 136 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marcela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Marcela, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Marcela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were given Marcela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,081, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Marcella 23
- Marcela 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Marcela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Marcela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,548among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 136about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 136 girls in the US were named Marcela, making it the 1,548th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 210 girls. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the girls named Marcela in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 408 girls in the US were given Marcela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #699, up from #1,548 for this spelling alone.
- Marcella 272
- Marcela 136
Marcela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 136 | #1,548 |
| 2024 | 148 | #1,472 |
| 2023 | 145 | #1,493 |
| 2022 | 115 | #1,782 |
| 2021 | 129 | #1,622 |
| 2020 | 105 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 141 | #1,528 |
| 2018 | 132 | #1,616 |
| 2017 | 108 | #1,876 |
| 2016 | 127 | #1,684 |
| 2015 | 103 | #1,950 |
| 2014 | 112 | #1,818 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,792 |
| 2012 | 119 | #1,733 |
| 2011 | 110 | #1,829 |
| 2010 | 122 | #1,713 |
| 2009 | 137 | #1,629 |
| 2008 | 175 | #1,374 |
| 2007 | 163 | #1,445 |
| 2006 | 174 | #1,335 |
| 2005 | 180 | #1,255 |
| 2004 | 206 | #1,106 |
| 2003 | 201 | #1,093 |
| 2002 | 178 | #1,155 |
| 2001 | 199 | #1,065 |
| 2000 | 164 | #1,208 |
| 1999 | 210 | #981 |
| 1998 | 179 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 146 | #1,223 |
| 1996 | 183 | #1,018 |
| 1995 | 178 | #1,020 |
| 1994 | 181 | #1,022 |
| 1993 | 159 | #1,124 |
| 1992 | 194 | #980 |
| 1991 | 201 | #944 |
| 1990 | 171 | #1,044 |
| 1989 | 163 | #1,045 |
| 1988 | 156 | #1,032 |
| 1987 | 145 | #1,058 |
| 1986 | 143 | #1,055 |
| 1985 | 142 | #1,046 |
| 1984 | 127 | #1,091 |
| 1983 | 104 | #1,220 |
| 1982 | 142 | #1,030 |
| 1981 | 140 | #1,025 |
| 1980 | 131 | #1,077 |
| 1979 | 123 | #1,104 |
| 1978 | 125 | #1,063 |
| 1977 | 118 | #1,097 |
| 1976 | 100 | #1,154 |
| 1975 | 100 | #1,155 |
| 1974 | 101 | #1,143 |
| 1973 | 89 | #1,200 |
| 1972 | 73 | #1,364 |
| 1971 | 62 | #1,560 |
| 1970 | 84 | #1,285 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,667 |
| 1968 | 64 | #1,406 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,617 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,548 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,683 |
| 1964 | 27 | #2,347 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,893 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,707 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,298 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,952 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,166 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,822 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,621 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,300 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,353 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,095 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,773 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,094 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,473 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,846 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,612 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,785 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
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Other spellings of Marcela
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