Marcelo
#398 for boys in 2025, 798 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 798 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,231since 1907
Marcelo over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Marcelo has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #398 | 798 |
| 2024 | #444 | 710 |
| 2023 | #521 | 566 |
| 2022 | #542 | 545 |
| 2021 | #583 | 478 |
| 2020 | #641 | 418 |
| 2019 | #576 | 483 |
| 2018 | #610 | 440 |
| 2017 | #586 | 463 |
| 2016 | #765 | 317 |
| 2015 | #761 | 313 |
| 2014 | #743 | 319 |
| 2013 | #811 | 270 |
| 2012 | #795 | 284 |
| 2011 | #825 | 263 |
| 2010 | #854 | 248 |
| 2009 | #843 | 254 |
| 2008 | #781 | 284 |
| 2007 | #789 | 273 |
| 2006 | #896 | 217 |
| 2005 | #854 | 215 |
| 2004 | #925 | 183 |
| 2003 | #902 | 185 |
| 2002 | #872 | 188 |
| 2001 | #826 | 198 |
| 2000 | #842 | 190 |
| 1999 | #819 | 186 |
| 1998 | #843 | 173 |
| 1997 | #972 | 135 |
| 1996 | #874 | 157 |
| 1995 | #946 | 138 |
| 1994 | #1,078 | 107 |
| 1993 | #1,132 | 99 |
| 1992 | #983 | 121 |
| 1991 | #1,046 | 106 |
| 1990 | #970 | 116 |
| 1989 | #1,064 | 96 |
| 1988 | #1,023 | 92 |
| 1987 | #943 | 100 |
| 1986 | #1,008 | 84 |
| 1985 | #1,190 | 62 |
| 1984 | #1,042 | 73 |
| 1983 | #1,222 | 56 |
| 1982 | #1,050 | 75 |
| 1981 | #964 | 87 |
| 1980 | #1,070 | 71 |
| 1979 | #1,221 | 56 |
| 1978 | #914 | 89 |
| 1977 | #1,047 | 68 |
| 1976 | #1,019 | 66 |
| 1975 | #1,065 | 61 |
| 1974 | #936 | 76 |
| 1973 | #1,093 | 55 |
| 1972 | #952 | 72 |
| 1971 | #920 | 78 |
| 1970 | #1,080 | 57 |
| 1969 | #1,042 | 55 |
| 1968 | #1,183 | 41 |
| 1967 | #1,312 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,059 | 48 |
| 1965 | #1,055 | 49 |
| 1964 | #1,288 | 37 |
| 1963 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1962 | #1,172 | 44 |
| 1961 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #1,341 | 35 |
| 1959 | #1,467 | 29 |
| 1958 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #1,547 | 26 |
| 1956 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #1,559 | 24 |
| 1953 | #1,280 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,323 | 32 |
| 1951 | #1,598 | 22 |
| 1950 | #1,289 | 31 |
| 1949 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,601 | 20 |
| 1945 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,708 | 17 |
| 1934 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,124 | 34 |
| 1932 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #1,361 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,496 | 24 |
| 1929 | #1,480 | 24 |
| 1928 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #1,748 | 20 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
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| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
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First appearance
1907
The first year at least five boys were named Marcelo! It came in at #1,200, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Marcelo is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Texas#183 · 1 in 858
- Arizona#221 · 1 in 884
- New Mexico#236 · 1 in 813
- California#247 · 1 in 1,162
- Florida#267 · 1 in 1,225
Best ever in a state: #178 in District of Columbia, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #183 | 204 | 1 in 858 |
| Arizona | #221 | 37 | 1 in 884 |
| New Mexico | #236 | 8 | 1 in 813 |
| California | #247 | 151 | 1 in 1,162 |
| Florida | #267 | 78 | 1 in 1,225 |
| Nevada | #299 | 10 | 1 in 1,129 |
| Connecticut | #361 | 8 | 1 in 1,651 |
| New Jersey | #396 | 20 | 1 in 1,988 |
| Illinois | #400 | 27 | 1 in 1,835 |
| Washington | #425 | 17 | 1 in 1,929 |
| Kansas | #468 | 7 | 1 in 2,007 |
| Oregon | #474 | 7 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Maryland | #475 | 10 | 1 in 2,290 |
| Colorado | #501 | 11 | 1 in 2,441 |
| Georgia | #541 | 19 | 1 in 2,643 |
| Virginia | #563 | 13 | 1 in 2,866 |
| Wisconsin | #570 | 8 | 1 in 2,929 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| North Carolina | #591 | 16 | 1 in 3,217 |
| South Carolina | #608 | 7 | 1 in 3,028 |
| Massachusetts | #620 | 7 | 1 in 3,860 |
| Utah | #621 | 6 | 1 in 3,277 |
| Minnesota | #640 | 7 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Michigan | #641 | 12 | 1 in 3,350 |
| New York | #661 | 22 | 1 in 3,837 |
| Pennsylvania | #662 | 13 | 1 in 4,020 |
| Alabama | #685 | 6 | 1 in 3,586 |
| Oklahoma | #698 | 5 | 1 in 3,536 |
| Kentucky | #708 | 5 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Indiana | #711 | 8 | 1 in 3,958 |
| Tennessee | #777 | 8 | 1 in 4,596 |
| Ohio | #801 | 10 | 1 in 5,253 |
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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 Marcelo
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 46 spots since 2024 (#444 → #398)
- 243 spots since 2020 (#641 → #398)
- 363 spots since 2015 (#761 → #398)
- Biggest jump: 179 spots in 2017 (#765 → #586)
- Biggest drop: 307 spots in 1979 (#914 → #1,221)
Rise & fade · boys
118 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 2025 at #398 (798 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 39 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1995–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,140
- Highest: 1 in 2,140 boys born in 2025 were named Marcelo (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 26.6% of all boys named Marcelo (3,515) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,200 |
| 1910s | 68 | #1,811 (1919) | #2,642 |
| 1920s | 187 | #1,470 (1922) | #1,903 |
| 1930s | 209 | #1,124 (1933) | #1,575 |
| 1940s | 195 | #1,256 (1948) | #1,673 |
| 1950s | 255 | #1,280 (1953) | #1,550 |
| 1960s | 397 | #1,042 (1969) | #1,249 |
| 1970s | 678 | #914 (1978) | #1,025 |
| 1980s | 796 | #943 (1987) | #1,058 |
| 1990s | 1,338 | #819 (1999) | #966 |
| 2000s | 2,187 | #781 (2008) | #853 |
| 2010s | 3,400 | #576 (2019) | #733 |
| 2020s | 3,515 | #398 (2025) | #522 |
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.
Marcelo in 2025
boys
#398
798 births · 1 in 2,140 boys
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 2,140 of them was named Marcelo, which outranked 97.1% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).