Marcelyn · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Marcelyn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 61 recorded years as a table

Marcelyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1915	5
1917	5
1918	4
1919	4
1921	10
1922	8
1923	6
1924	8
1925	13
1926	7
1927	23
1928	29
1929	24
1930	20
1931	22
1932	18
1933	18
1934	19
1935	19
1936	14
1937	11
1938	6
1939	11
1940	5
1941	7
1942	8
1943	7
1944	7
1945	5
1946	6
1947	9
1948	10
1949	7
1950	5
1951	9
1952	7
1953	9
1954	10
1955	8
1956	5
1957	4
1958	5
1959	4
1960	6
1961	5
1962	7
1963	6
1964	4
1965	5
1966	3
1967	4
1969	5
1970	4
1974	3
1977	4
1978	4
1980	4
1982	4
2007	3
2019	3
2021	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Marcelyn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021: 5
Rank in 2021: #15,251
How rare: 1 in 328,172 girls
Since 1915: 709

Marcelyn was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1928, at 29 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Marcelyn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.