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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Marcelline

Marcelline was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1928, when it ranked 1022nd with 54 babies. More babies were named Marcelline in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Meaning (as Marceline) French feminine of Marcellin, from Marcus · Latin, French

Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
192854 babies
Total since 1880
1,073babies recorded

What does the name Marcelline mean?

Marcelline is a spelling of Marceline, pronounced the same way, so it shares Marceline's meaning and origin.

Marceline is a French girls' name, the feminine of Marcellin, which comes from Latin Marcellinus, a form built on Marcellus. DMNES explains Marcellus as a diminutive of Marcus, and Marcus as a Roman first name derived either from Mars, the god of war, or from an Etruscan name of unknown meaning. So Marceline is at heart "little Marcus," with an uncertain deeper root. Wiktionary notes towns named Marceline in Missouri and a neighborhood of Pasadena.

Marcellinus (Latin, “from Marcellus”)Marcus (Latin, “praenomen, perhaps from Mars”)

How sure is this? Probable. The chain to Marcus is clear; DMNES calls the origin of Marcus itself either Mars or an Etruscan name.

Related names: Marcelina, Marcelline, Marcella, Marcel, Marcy.

See also: Latin names.

Sources for this meaning

Marcelline popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#16,6475
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#9,8256
1970#6,7587
1960#5,0208
1950#2,73115
1940#3,1199
1930#1,13743
1920#1,78723
1910#1,7169
1900#2,1105
1890——
1880——

How popular is Marcelline, counting every spelling?

Marcelline is a spelling of Marceline, a name family that ranked #444 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together. Together these spellings went to 733 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Marceline733#4242,641

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How old are people named Marcelline?

About 300 people born in the US named Marcelline are alive today, with a median age of 72; half are between 56 and 82. That makes Marcelline a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Marcelline by state

How common Marcelline was among girls born in each state in 1926–1930, around its peak. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWI0.04Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMN0.05Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMI0.03New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOH0.05Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Marcelline, girls, 1926–1930. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Marcelline: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Marcelline, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Marcelline

What does Marcelline mean?

Marcelline is a spelling of Marceline, which means “French feminine of Marcellin, from Marcus” (Latin, French origin). Certainty: probable.

How popular is the name Marcelline?

Marcelline was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1928, when it ranked 1022nd with 54 babies. More babies were named Marcelline in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Marcelline a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Marcelline in the US.

Where was Marcelline most popular?

In 1926–1930, Marcelline was most common in Ohio (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin.