Marcellous
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,062since 1915
Marcellous over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Marcellous has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #4,639 | 21 |
| 2018 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | #3,528 | 25 |
| 2002 | #3,794 | 22 |
| 2001 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #3,480 | 22 |
| 1998 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #3,107 | 23 |
| 1995 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1994 | #2,618 | 28 |
| 1993 | #2,162 | 36 |
| 1992 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
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| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
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| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
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| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
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| 1915 | #3,825 | 5 |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Marcellous! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1923, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Marcellous is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Marcellous in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 23 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #6,446)
- 1,405 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #6,446)
- 1,594 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
58 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1973 at #1,871 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 54,481
- Highest: 1 in 54,481 boys born in 1993 were named Marcellous (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,871 in 1973, was only 1 in 67,764 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 21.8% of all boys named Marcellous (232) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #3,825 (1915) | #4,002 |
| 1920s | 24 | #3,023 (1924) | #3,895 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,001 (1930) | #4,001 |
| 1940s | 46 | #2,608 (1948) | #3,089 |
| 1950s | 48 | #2,798 (1956) | #3,255 |
| 1960s | 73 | #2,476 (1965) | #2,914 |
| 1970s | 117 | #1,871 (1973) | #3,276 |
| 1980s | 137 | #2,706 (1984) | #3,414 |
| 1990s | 232 | #2,162 (1993) | #3,154 |
| 2000s | 176 | #3,528 (2003) | #4,977 |
| 2010s | 119 | #4,639 (2019) | #7,208 |
| 2020s | 75 | #5,041 (2020) | #6,806 |
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.
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