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Marcell

#2,375 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Marcellus

Marcell has been given to 5,988 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #2,375 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1991, with 105 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% boys, 19% girls all-time.

Babies named Marcell, 2025

1 in 57,200

Marcell over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Marcell over time

In 2025, Marcell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19122025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Marcell: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Marcellus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marcell means

Marcell is a form of Marcellus.

Origin, language, and formation

Marcell is used in Hungarian.

Marcell comes through Latin Mārcellus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marcellus.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Marcell is pronounced [ˈmɒrt͡sɛlː].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,862 boys were recorded with the name Marcell between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 105 in 1991; its best national rank was #1,009 in 1973.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,429 in 2020 to #2,375 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,377 in 2015 to #2,375 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,126 girls were recorded with the name Marcell between 1912 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 33 in 1923; its best national rank was #1,419 in 1923.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Marcell?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 57,200
58 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 29,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,375
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
39,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Marcell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 39,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marcell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marcells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marcell was born before 1993 — so the typical Marcell is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
19.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
36.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,395
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 19.0% of all recorded uses (923).

Is Marcell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+322
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+54
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.05×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
55.2%
Peak was 1991 (105)
Years since peak
34
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,009
1973

Spellings of Marcell

Marcell is not the most common spelling — Darrell is, with 38.4% against Marcell's 1.2%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Marcell is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Marcell was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 35,973 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

17 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 14,286
  2. 2Michigan1 in 20,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 25,000
  4. 4Wisconsin1 in 25,000
  5. 5California1 in 33,333
  6. 6New York1 in 50,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 100,000
  8. 8Ohio1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Marcell is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Marcell was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 556,844 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2Arkansas1 in —
  3. 3Ohio1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Marcell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Marcell around the world

Where Marcell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2014–2014
    #609
    in 2014
  • Canada
    2013–2013
    #2,319
    in 2013
  • South Australia
    1969–1969
    #510
    in 1969

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Marcell

People whose public names include Marcell, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Marcell in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Marcell. Linked forms have their own page here.

MarcelMarkelMarcelloMarcellusMarceli

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Marcell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,375
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 54
Best rank ever
#1,009
1973
Peak year
1991
105 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,862
Count in 2025
58

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,419
1923
Peak year
1923
33 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
1998
All-time count
1,126
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Marcell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

MarkellMartellMarvellMarquellMarzellMartrellMarshellMarshalMarquezMarquesMarquelMarianoMarkelMarleyMarcialMartezMarquanMarceloMarcelloMarloweMarrellKendellCarnellMarshawn

Names with a curve like Marcell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Marcell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

TyrusLazaroKendellEverardoHoracioFaustoRamseyClaudioBrittonPauloShayBrandt

Sibling names for Marcell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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