How Many People Are Named Marcelyn?
people named Marcelyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,029,472 people in the US has this name
Based on 709 babies named Marcelyn in Social Security records from 1915 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
33 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MARCELINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Marcelyn in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marcelyn alive today is about 68 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marcelyn first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1928, to 33 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Marcelyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,353, in 1928.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,353 (1928) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,969 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marcelyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marcelyn were born in Kansas than in any other state: about 1 of those alive today.
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