Marbella

girls:

2.2k births since 1971

#3668 (36th percentile)

overall:

2.2k births since 1971

#5591 (28th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Marbella is the #5,591 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,201 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 27.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,668 (35.8% percentile) for all time with 2,201 births since 1971.

Marbella first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (first recorded for girls in 1971).

For girls, Marbella reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 10.1% percentile (ranked #851) with 58 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 58 births per million (ranked 10.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Marbella is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #851 (10.1% percentile) with 58 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marbella".

1971 2023 19712023

Key Statistics

Total Births
2,201
Peak Births
101
Peak Year
2023
First Recorded
1971
Peak Percentile
10.1%
Current Percentile
10.1%
Peak Rank
#851
Current Rank
#851
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Marbella

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Marbella. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 78.3% confident that Marbella is pronounced as mahr-BEH-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-BEH-luh, at 19.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.

mahr-BEH-luh (3 syllables)
Verified
78.3% confidence
M AA0 R B EH1 L AH0
MAHR-BEH-luh (3 syllables)
Verified
19.6% confidence
M AA1 R B EH1 L AH0
mahr-BEH-yuh (3 syllables)
2.2% confidence
M AA0 R B EH1 Y AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like M AA0 R B EH1 L AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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