Marcellus
Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,995 · #1,054 for boys in 2025, 208 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,603since 1880
Marcellus over time
Rank among boys' names. Marcellus 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 | — | #1,054 | 208 | |
| 2024 | — | #950 | 241 | |
| 2023 | — | #868 | 271 | |
| 2022 | — | #760 | 332 | |
| 2021 | — | #732 | 351 | |
| 2020 | — | #741 | 329 | |
| 2019 | — | #930 | 234 | |
| 2018 | — | #952 | 218 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,081 | 181 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,219 | 154 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,239 | 147 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,355 | 126 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,794 | 80 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,756 | 85 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,703 | 87 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,687 | 91 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,604 | 99 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,523 | 106 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,658 | 92 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,543 | 96 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,402 | 106 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,467 | 93 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,262 | 114 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,346 | 98 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,171 | 117 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,188 | 114 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,320 | 91 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,301 | 91 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,134 | 110 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,162 | 101 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,172 | 97 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,063 | 110 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,015 | 117 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,077 | 104 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,063 | 104 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,023 | 107 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,162 | 83 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,145 | 77 | |
| 1987 | — | #982 | 93 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,127 | 70 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,158 | 65 | |
| 1984 | — | #968 | 84 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,253 | 54 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,622 | 37 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,143 | 64 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,378 | 47 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,077 | 68 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,079 | 65 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,054 | 67 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,100 | 59 | |
| 1975 | — | #861 | 93 | |
| 1974 | — | #953 | 73 | |
| 1973 | — | #904 | 78 | |
| 1972 | — | #815 | 96 | |
| 1971 | — | #742 | 121 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #818 | 98 |
| 1969 | — | #831 | 86 | |
| 1968 | — | #809 | 84 | |
| 1967 | — | #848 | 71 | |
| 1966 | — | #941 | 59 | |
| 1965 | — | #948 | 60 | |
| 1964 | — | #921 | 68 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,238 | 39 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,082 | 50 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,179 | 45 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,098 | 50 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,416 | 31 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,305 | 35 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,234 | 40 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,157 | 43 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,047 | 52 | |
| 1954 | — | #918 | 65 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,155 | 41 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,027 | 49 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,195 | 37 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,615 | 21 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,029 | 46 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,217 | 35 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,159 | 39 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,094 | 40 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,328 | 25 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,119 | 37 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,276 | 27 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,334 | 25 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,272 | 27 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,109 | 34 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,056 | 37 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,142 | 33 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,165 | 32 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,038 | 39 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,361 | 24 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,157 | 34 | |
| 1931 | — | #910 | 50 | |
| 1930 | — | #967 | 49 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,010 | 45 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,057 | 43 | |
| 1927 | — | #990 | 50 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,034 | 45 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,022 | 45 | |
| 1924 | — | #925 | 57 | |
| 1923 | — | #882 | 59 | |
| 1922 | — | #891 | 60 | |
| 1921 | — | #962 | 53 | |
| 1920 | — | #826 | 66 | |
| 1919 | — | #949 | 50 | |
| 1918 | — | #889 | 56 | |
| 1917 | — | #876 | 53 | |
| 1916 | — | #724 | 69 | |
| 1915 | — | #823 | 55 | |
| 1914 | — | #819 | 42 | |
| 1913 | — | #914 | 29 | |
| 1912 | — | #918 | 24 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #729 | 17 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | — | #536 | 16 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Marcellus was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Marcellus is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#365 · 1 in 5,547
- New Jersey#429 · 1 in 7,520
- Alabama#436 · 1 in 5,797
- Florida#542 · 1 in 7,910
- Ohio#569 · 1 in 15,048
Best ever in a state: #137 in District of Columbia, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #365 | 5 | 1 in 5,547 |
| New Jersey | #429 | 7 | 1 in 7,520 |
| Alabama | #436 | 5 | 1 in 5,797 |
| Florida | #542 | 6 | 1 in 7,910 |
| Ohio | #569 | 6 | 1 in 15,048 |
| Pennsylvania | #580 | 5 | 1 in 18,120 |
| California | #1,093 | 5 | 1 in 33,442 |
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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 Marcellus
- 104 spots since 2024 (#950 → #1,054)
- 313 spots since 2020 (#741 → #1,054)
- 185 spots since 2015 (#1,239 → #1,054)
- Biggest jump: 322 spots in 1884 (#892 → #570)
- Biggest drop: 454 spots in 1907 (#640 → #1,094)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1902 at #536 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1905, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1908–1924
- Highest: 1 in 4,984 boys born in 2021 were named Marcellus (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,212 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #536 in 1902, was only 1 in 7,666 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.0% of all boys named Marcellus (1,732) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 91 | #549 (1889) | #663 |
| 1890s | 66 | #668 (1894) | #760 |
| 1900s | 108 | #536 (1902) | #740 |
| 1910s | 410 | #724 (1916) | #850 |
| 1920s | 523 | #826 (1920) | #960 |
| 1930s | 359 | #910 (1931) | #1,118 |
| 1940s | 326 | #1,029 (1949) | #1,222 |
| 1950s | 414 | #918 (1954) | #1,207 |
| 1960s | 612 | #809 (1968) | #990 |
| 1970s | 818 | #742 (1971) | #940 |
| 1980s | 674 | #968 (1984) | #1,194 |
| 1990s | 1,032 | #1,015 (1993) | #1,133 |
| 2000s | 1,035 | #1,171 (2001) | #1,416 |
| 2010s | 1,403 | #930 (2019) | #1,372 |
| 2020s | 1,732 | #732 (2021) | #851 |
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.
Marcellus in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 20,690 of them was named Marcellus, which outranked 83.0% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).