Marcel Boy
How popular is Marcel?
#730 boy name in 2025
364 baby boys were named Marcel in the US in 2025, making it the 730th most popular boy name.
Marcel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #730 for boys (▲ 24 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 364 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #771 in 2015, #686 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (417 boys) |
| Highest rank | #500 in 1925 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marcel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marcel family of names ranked #621 for boys in 2025 (#664 the year before), with 422 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marcel | 364 | 86% |
| Marcell | 58 | 14% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marcel is most popular
Babies named Marcel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (57 boys)
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (146 boys)
- Florida: 0.3 per 1,000 (156 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.3 per 1,000 (45 boys)
Marcel by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #865 |
| 1890s | 24 | #860 |
| 1900s | 62 | #836 |
| 1910s | 646 | #575 |
| 1920s | 1,281 | #500 |
| 1930s | 877 | #526 |
| 1940s | 757 | #642 |
| 1950s | 1,035 | #667 |
| 1960s | 1,451 | #587 |
| 1970s | 1,718 | #564 |
| 1980s | 2,139 | #551 |
| 1990s | 2,793 | #556 |
| 2000s | 2,253 | #746 |
| 2010s | 2,864 | #732 |
| 2020s | 2,221 | #659 |
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Questions
- Is Marcel a boy or girl name?
- Marcel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marcel were boys.
- How popular is the name Marcel?
- 364 baby boys were named Marcel in the US in 2025, making it the 730th most popular boy name.
- When was Marcel most popular?
- Marcel peaked in 2022, when 417 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #500 in 1925.
- How many people are named Marcel?
- 21,123 babies have been named Marcel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,798 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Marcel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marcel was most common in Louisiana, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.