Meaning not yet researched.
Marcel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 364 in 2025. Its best rank was #500 in 1925.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #500 in 1925; #731 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Marcel in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#731 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1925, at #500.
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Marcel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 364 boys in 2025. Peak: #500 in 1925 · most boys in one year: 417 (2022).
In 2025, 364 US boys were named Marcel, making it the 731st most common boys’ name of the year, up 24 places from #755 in 2024. That is 25 more than the 339 boys named Marcel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #500, reached in 1925. The most boys given the name in a single year was 417, in 2022. For comparison, it was #772 in 2015 and #733 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Marcel in 130 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 21,123 US babies have been given the name, 4.7% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 2,874 babies named Marcel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,489 US boys were named Marcel; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 417. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,693 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Marcel ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #421 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Marcelo (13,231 babies since 1880), Marcellus (9,608 babies since 1880), Marcello (6,618 babies since 1880) and Marcell (5,988 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Marcial, Marcile and Marzell are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Marcial (2,013), Marcile (538), Marzell (471), Marceil (438), Marsel (179), Marcele (104), Marciel (94), Marzel (22), Marsell (15).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Marcel in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 27 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 18 | #421 | #704 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #425 | — |
| Louisiana | 8 | #572 | #685 |
| New York | 27 | #578 | #618 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | #596 | #604 |
| Florida | 28 | #612 | #667 |
| Minnesota | 8 | #619 | — |
| Texas | 47 | #646 | #933 |
| California | 42 | #662 | #652 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #676 | — |
| New Jersey | 10 | #683 | — |
| Indiana | 9 | #698 | #866 |
| Georgia | 13 | #741 | #1,065 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #749 | #1,247 |
| Missouri | 7 | #764 | — |
| Washington | 8 | #775 | — |
| Maryland | 6 | #777 | #680 |
| Colorado | 6 | #818 | #756 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #827 | — |
| Alabama | 5 | #838 | — |
| Illinois | 9 | #908 | #492 |
| Michigan | 7 | #968 | #446 |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,197 | #1,086 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,201 | #584 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 364 | #731 |
| 2024 | — | — | 339 | #755 |
| 2023 | — | — | 341 | #761 |
| 2022 | — | — | 417 | #659 |
| 2021 | — | — | 387 | #686 |
| 2020 | — | — | 373 | #686 |
| 2019 | — | — | 310 | #766 |
| 2018 | — | — | 326 | #733 |
| 2017 | — | — | 315 | #749 |
| 2016 | — | — | 317 | #766 |
| 2015 | 5 | #18,169 | 308 | #772 |
| 2014 | — | — | 264 | #848 |
| 2013 | — | — | 275 | #801 |
| 2012 | — | — | 238 | #882 |
| 2011 | — | — | 256 | #842 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,823 | 255 | #838 |
| 2009 | 5 | #19,134 | 234 | #892 |
| 2008 | — | — | 260 | #839 |
| 2007 | — | — | 248 | #852 |
| 2006 | 6 | #16,389 | 198 | #946 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,178 | 238 | #806 |
| 2004 | — | — | 212 | #840 |
| 2003 | 5 | #17,387 | 227 | #773 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,135 | 195 | #854 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,662 | 214 | #791 |
| 2000 | 5 | #16,628 | 227 | #748 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,181 | 273 | #641 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,804 | 259 | #661 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,106 | 250 | #659 |
| 1996 | — | — | 276 | #627 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,846 | 253 | #656 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,532 | 265 | #640 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,452 | 262 | #640 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,835 | 336 | #557 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,480 | 292 | #597 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,649 | 327 | #562 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,692 | 279 | #587 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,779 | 278 | #551 |
| 1987 | 10 | #7,130 | 233 | #594 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,917 | 248 | #565 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,900 | 201 | #617 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,739 | 191 | #619 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,738 | 206 | #597 |
| 1982 | — | — | 151 | #710 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,845 | 176 | #641 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,593 | 176 | #658 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,855 | 160 | #676 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,713 | 135 | #725 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,400 | 173 | #645 |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,005 | 167 | #636 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,482 | 183 | #597 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,207 | 151 | #657 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,734 | 185 | #585 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,652 | 202 | #564 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,915 | 179 | #621 |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,383 | 183 | #600 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,884 | 175 | #588 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,542 | 162 | #595 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,606 | 164 | #591 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,998 | 141 | #624 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,323 | 166 | #591 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,175 | 148 | #640 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,234 | 123 | #699 |
| 1962 | 21 | #2,709 | 131 | #677 |
| 1961 | 31 | #2,132 | 118 | #706 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,226 | 123 | #705 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,744 | 114 | #720 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,719 | 104 | #730 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,324 | 106 | #731 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,430 | 121 | #684 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,685 | 83 | #805 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,342 | 107 | #703 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,392 | 108 | #691 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,875 | 108 | #669 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,359 | 96 | #709 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,574 | 88 | #733 |
| 1949 | 6 | #5,031 | 88 | #735 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,502 | 110 | #644 |
| 1947 | 6 | #5,079 | 98 | #700 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,775 | 63 | #833 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,345 | 75 | #704 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,573 | 48 | #928 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,498 | 83 | #706 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,088 | 80 | #720 |
| 1941 | — | — | 59 | #831 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,884 | 53 | #867 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,313 | 76 | #683 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,857 | 70 | #733 |
| 1937 | — | — | 69 | #736 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,611 | 57 | #814 |
| 1935 | — | — | 70 | #736 |
| 1934 | — | — | 100 | #591 |
| 1933 | — | — | 79 | #663 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,841 | 114 | #554 |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,137 | 113 | #552 |
| 1930 | — | — | 129 | #527 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,011 | 128 | #519 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,160 | 134 | #523 |
| 1927 | 7 | #4,117 | 142 | #509 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,438 | 121 | #561 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,485 | 148 | #500 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,878 | 142 | #530 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,267 | 145 | #510 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,880 | 114 | #607 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,453 | 101 | #637 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,242 | 106 | #613 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,133 | 100 | #607 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,720 | 112 | #577 |
| 1917 | — | — | 104 | #583 |
| 1916 | — | — | 74 | #692 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,658 | 90 | #607 |
| 1914 | — | — | 63 | #641 |
| 1913 | — | — | 44 | #687 |
| 1912 | — | — | 28 | #846 |
| 1911 | — | — | 20 | #722 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,019 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,229 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,082 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #972 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #895 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #888 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,331 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #887 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #909 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,081 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,041 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #917 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,072 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #963 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).