Marella
#10,597 in 2025Girls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Marella has been given to 474 babies in the U.S. since 1918. In 2025 it ranked #10,597 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1970, with 17 recorded.
Babies named Marella, 2025
1 in 368,000
Marella over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Marella?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 368,000
- 9 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 179,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #10,597
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 255,323 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Marella sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marella. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Marellas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Marella was born before 1981 — so the typical Marella is around 44 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1970s
- 20.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 30.8%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 407
- People you could plausibly meet
1970s — 20.9% of all recorded uses (99).
Is Marella rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −610
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,286
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 52.9%
- Peak was 1970 (17)
- Years since peak
- 55
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 34.9% average annual change
Spellings of Marella
Marella is not the most common spelling — Marcella is, with 26.9% against Marella's 0.19%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Marella around the world
Where Marella ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1998–2024#5,892in 2024
- South Australia1970–2007#803in 2007
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Marella by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Marella
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Marella
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.