Marcela
Marcela is a feminine given name which may refer to:
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Polish
- Romanian
Meaning & Origin of Marcela
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marcela is a feminine given name which may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Polish
- Romanian
- Czech
- Slovak
The Story of Marcela
Marcela first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1908, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1999: 210 births, good for #983 nationwide. About 20% of every Marcela on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Marcela ranks #1,421 for baby girls with 156 births, rising sharply (+16% over the past five years). All told, over 9K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Marcela
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Marcela. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Marcela
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About the name Marcela
Marcela is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Marcela's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #946. Use the chart and map above to compare Marcela's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.