Marcel
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419 · #730 for boys in 2025, 364 births
Given to boys 95.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1925 · 148 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,131since 1881
Marcel over time
Rank among boys' names. Marcel has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #730 | 364 | |
| 2024 | — | #754 | 339 | |
| 2023 | — | #761 | 341 | |
| 2022 | — | #659 | 417 | |
| 2021 | — | #686 | 387 | |
| 2020 | — | #686 | 373 | |
| 2019 | — | #766 | 310 | |
| 2018 | — | #732 | 326 | |
| 2017 | — | #748 | 315 | |
| 2016 | — | #765 | 317 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #771 | 308 |
| 2014 | — | #847 | 264 | |
| 2013 | — | #799 | 275 | |
| 2012 | — | #880 | 238 | |
| 2011 | — | #841 | 256 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #836 | 255 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #891 | 234 |
| 2008 | — | #838 | 260 | |
| 2007 | — | #851 | 248 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #945 | 198 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #805 | 238 |
| 2004 | — | #838 | 212 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #772 | 227 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #848 | 195 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #788 | 214 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #747 | 227 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #641 | 273 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #661 | 259 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #657 | 250 |
| 1996 | — | #626 | 276 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #656 | 253 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #637 | 265 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #639 | 262 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #556 | 336 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #596 | 292 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #560 | 327 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #586 | 279 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #551 | 278 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #593 | 233 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #564 | 248 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #615 | 201 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #617 | 191 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #596 | 206 |
| 1982 | — | #708 | 151 | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #640 | 176 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #655 | 176 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | #675 | 160 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #724 | 135 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #645 | 173 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #636 | 167 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | #596 | 183 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #655 | 151 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | #584 | 185 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | #564 | 202 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 | #620 | 179 |
| 1970 | #2,354 | 32 | #600 | 183 |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 | #587 | 175 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | #595 | 162 |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 | #591 | 164 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 | #623 | 141 |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 | #591 | 166 |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 | #640 | 148 |
| 1963 | #2,211 | 29 | #698 | 123 |
| 1962 | #2,668 | 21 | #677 | 131 |
| 1961 | #2,117 | 31 | #704 | 118 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 | #704 | 123 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #718 | 114 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | #730 | 104 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | #728 | 106 |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | #683 | 121 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 | #801 | 83 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | #699 | 107 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | #686 | 108 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 | #668 | 108 |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 | #707 | 96 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #731 | 88 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #734 | 88 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | #643 | 110 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #698 | 98 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #826 | 63 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #704 | 75 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #918 | 48 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #703 | 83 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #718 | 80 |
| 1941 | — | #828 | 59 | |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #862 | 53 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #681 | 76 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #730 | 70 |
| 1937 | — | #729 | 69 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #811 | 57 |
| 1935 | — | #731 | 70 | |
| 1934 | — | #590 | 100 | |
| 1933 | — | #657 | 79 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #550 | 114 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #550 | 113 |
| 1930 | — | #526 | 129 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #517 | 128 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #521 | 134 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #508 | 142 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #559 | 121 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #500 | 148 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #529 | 142 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #509 | 145 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #605 | 114 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #637 | 101 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #613 | 106 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #603 | 100 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #575 | 112 |
| 1917 | — | #581 | 104 | |
| 1916 | — | #690 | 74 | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #605 | 90 |
| 1914 | — | #639 | 63 | |
| 1913 | — | #681 | 44 | |
| 1912 | — | #835 | 28 | |
| 1911 | — | #707 | 20 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
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| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Marcel! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Marcel is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Vermont#57 · 1 in 229
- New Hampshire#59 · 1 in 300
- Rhode Island#91 · 1 in 649
- Maine#109 · 1 in 525
- Massachusetts#178 · 1 in 2,479
Best ever in a state: #41 in New Hampshire, 1925.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #57 | 11 | 1 in 229 |
| New Hampshire | #59 | 10 | 1 in 300 |
| Rhode Island | #91 | 7 | 1 in 649 |
| Maine | #109 | 12 | 1 in 525 |
| Massachusetts | #178 | 12 | 1 in 2,479 |
| Wisconsin | #279 | 6 | 1 in 3,924 |
| New York | #301 | 18 | 1 in 5,011 |
| Michigan | #343 | 7 | 1 in 5,562 |
| Louisiana | #400 | 5 | 1 in 3,686 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Marcel
- 24 spots since 2024 (#754 → #730)
- 44 spots since 2020 (#686 → #730)
- 41 spots since 2015 (#771 → #730)
- Biggest jump: 369 spots in 1905 (#1,205 → #836)
- Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1904 (#846 → #1,205)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1925 at #500 (148 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 125 yrs · run 1910–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,187 boys born in 2022 were named Marcel (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,693 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #500 in 1925, was only 1 in 7,540 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.2% of all boys named Marcel (2,864) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #866 (1881) | #919 |
| 1890s | 24 | #861 (1892) | #986 |
| 1900s | 62 | #836 (1905) | #963 |
| 1910s | 646 | #575 (1918) | #690 |
| 1920s | 1,281 | #500 (1925) | #550 |
| 1930s | 877 | #526 (1930) | #656 |
| 1940s | 757 | #643 (1948) | #763 |
| 1950s | 1,035 | #668 (1952) | #715 |
| 1960s | 1,451 | #587 (1969) | #641 |
| 1970s | 1,718 | #564 (1972) | #630 |
| 1980s | 2,139 | #551 (1988) | #613 |
| 1990s | 2,793 | #556 (1992) | #623 |
| 2000s | 2,253 | #747 (2000) | #832 |
| 2010s | 2,864 | #732 (2018) | #799 |
| 2020s | 2,221 | #659 (2022) | #713 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Marcel in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 118,303 of them was named Marcel, which outranked 40.3% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,750Yoko10
- #2,750Yukiko10
- #2,750Zenaida10
- #2,972Marcel9
- #2,972Aaron9
- #2,972Adlene9
- #2,972Adrianna9
- #3,226Adelyn8
- #3,226Adena8
- #3,226Agapita8
Tied with 253 names at #2,972; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 9,201 of them was named Marcel, which outranked 87.3% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).