Marceline
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-se-leen
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,247 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #424 for girls
Marceline is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “dedicated to Mars”. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies) and 424th for girls in the US (733 babies).
What does Marceline mean?
Latin: French feminine of Marcellinus, from Marcus
“dedicated to Mars”
French feminine form of Marcellinus, ultimately from Marcus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Marceline a girl's or a boy's name?
Marceline is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the UK and 733 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marceline in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,247th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Marceline, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th.
2025 had the most girls named Marceline of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Half of all the girls named Marceline in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,197th in England and Wales.
Marceline in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,247 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Marceline in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 424th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 733 about 1 in 2,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 172% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 733 girls in the US were named Marceline, making it the 424th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 968th. It first appears in the records in 1891.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the most girls named Marceline of any year since it first appeared, in 1891.
Half of all the girls named Marceline in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marceline in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 733 | #424 |
| 2024 | 607 | #506 |
| 2023 | 508 | #590 |
| 2022 | 431 | #677 |
| 2021 | 362 | #783 |
| 2020 | 263 | #968 |
| 2019 | 238 | #1,063 |
| 2018 | 179 | #1,279 |
| 2017 | 197 | #1,217 |
| 2016 | 148 | #1,523 |
| 2015 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2014 | 143 | #1,526 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,939 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,979 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,265 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,015 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,068 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,254 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,896 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,023 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,833 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,544 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,288 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,381 |
| 1934 | 48 | #993 |
| 1933 | 60 | #865 |
| 1932 | 77 | #768 |
| 1931 | 87 | #722 |
| 1930 | 126 | #615 |
| 1929 | 201 | #473 |
| 1928 | 241 | #435 |
| 1927 | 166 | #549 |
| 1926 | 97 | #735 |
| 1925 | 79 | #837 |
| 1924 | 69 | #914 |
| 1923 | 55 | #1,015 |
| 1922 | 46 | #1,124 |
| 1921 | 49 | #1,080 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,087 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,216 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,411 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,183 |
| 1916 | 41 | #1,100 |
| 1915 | 37 | #1,115 |
| 1914 | 35 | #1,003 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,229 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,178 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,044 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 12 | #1,101 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,027 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,105 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,202 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,352 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
Names like Marceline
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Clementine, Annabelle, Eloise, Beatrice, Ivy-Rose, Vivienne, Florence, Aurora, Rosalie, Olive, Elodie, Mabel
Names related to Marceline
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marceline: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marceline, updated 20 October 2026.