girls:
5.4k births since 1891
#2282 (60th percentile)
overall:
5.4k births since 1891
#3719 (52nd percentile)
The name Marceline is the #3,719 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,394 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 51.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 51.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,282 (60.1% percentile) for all time with 5,394 births since 1891.
Marceline first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (first recorded for girls in 1891). Birth data for Marceline is available in 109 out of the 133 years between 1891 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Marceline reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 46.7% percentile (ranked #505) with 289 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 289 births per million (ranked 46.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Marceline is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #505 (46.7% percentile) with 289 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marceline".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Marceline. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.3% confident that Marceline is pronounced as MAHR-suh-LEEN, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mahr-suh-LEEN, at 26.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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