Marcial
- #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
- Peak · boys
- 1911 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,013since 1911
Marcial over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Marcial has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | #4,857 | 20 |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 2021 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #4,263 | 23 |
| 2013 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #3,721 | 28 |
| 2008 | #4,044 | 25 |
| 2007 | #4,243 | 23 |
| 2006 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #3,815 | 24 |
| 2004 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #3,119 | 30 |
| 2002 | #3,095 | 29 |
| 2001 | #2,520 | 38 |
| 2000 | #3,150 | 27 |
| 1999 | #2,795 | 30 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 31 |
| 1997 | #2,613 | 30 |
| 1996 | #2,441 | 32 |
| 1995 | #2,923 | 24 |
| 1994 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1993 | #2,347 | 32 |
| 1992 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | #1,768 | 45 |
| 1990 | #1,909 | 40 |
| 1989 | #1,993 | 36 |
| 1988 | #1,815 | 37 |
| 1987 | #1,734 | 38 |
| 1986 | #2,007 | 29 |
| 1985 | #1,672 | 37 |
| 1984 | #1,581 | 38 |
| 1983 | #1,905 | 28 |
| 1982 | #1,700 | 34 |
| 1981 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1980 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | #1,991 | 26 |
| 1978 | #1,760 | 30 |
| 1977 | #1,707 | 31 |
| 1976 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #1,704 | 29 |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #1,982 | 21 |
| 1972 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1971 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #1,758 | 20 |
| 1966 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #1,615 | 24 |
| 1963 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #1,812 | 20 |
| 1959 | #1,559 | 26 |
| 1958 | #1,644 | 23 |
| 1957 | #1,751 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #1,979 | 16 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #3,489 | 7 |
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| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
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First appearance
1911
The first year at least five boys were named Marcial! It came in at #1,537, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Marcial is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Marcial in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Marcial
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,908 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #4,857)
- 1,123 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #4,857)
- 1,142 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #4,857)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1911 at #1,537 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1912, 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 37,662
- Highest: 1 in 37,662 boys born in 1911 were named Marcial (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 16.7% of all boys named Marcial (336) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,179 |
| 1920s | 91 | #1,933 (1929) | #2,969 |
| 1930s | 56 | #2,444 (1930) | #3,031 |
| 1940s | 99 | #1,890 (1944) | #2,279 |
| 1950s | 162 | #1,559 (1959) | #2,046 |
| 1960s | 174 | #1,615 (1964) | #1,976 |
| 1970s | 231 | #1,704 (1975) | #2,018 |
| 1980s | 336 | #1,581 (1984) | #1,819 |
| 1990s | 326 | #1,768 (1991) | #2,425 |
| 2000s | 264 | #2,520 (2001) | #3,675 |
| 2010s | 172 | #4,263 (2014) | #5,289 |
| 2020s | 91 | #4,857 (2025) | #5,984 |
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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