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Marcelle

#6,728 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Feminine form of Marcellus

Marcelle has been given to 5,921 babies in the U.S. since 1894. In 2025 it ranked #6,728 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1920, with 177 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% girls, 9% boys all-time.

Babies named Marcelle, 2025

1 in 195,000

Marcelle over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Marcelle over time

In 2025, Marcelle went to 77% girls and 23% boys.

18942025

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.

Marcelle: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Marcellus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marcelle means

Marcelle is a feminine form of Marcellus.

Origin, language, and formation

Marcelle is used in English and French.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marcellus and Marcella.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Marcelle is pronounced /maʁ.sɛl/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,414 girls were recorded with the name Marcelle between 1894 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 177 in 1920; its best national rank was #533 in 1920.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,246 in 2020 to #6,728 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,564 in 2015 to #6,728 in 2025.

In the United States, 507 boys were recorded with the name Marcelle between 1919 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1974; its best national rank was #2,364 in 1970.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,866 in 2020 to #13,209 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,313 in 2015 to #13,209 in 2025.

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 Marcelle?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 195,000
17 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 94,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#6,728
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
135,172 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Marcelle sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 135,172 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marcelle. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marcelles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marcelle was born before 1945 — so the typical Marcelle is around 80 today.

Median birth year
1945
About 80 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
21.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
5.3%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
2,489
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1920s — 21.7% of all recorded uses (1,175).

Is Marcelle 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
+4,057
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,518
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+5,836
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.13×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
9.6%
Peak was 1920 (177)
Years since peak
105
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
48.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#533
1920

Spellings of Marcelle

Marcelle is not the most common spelling — Marcella is, with 35.7% against Marcelle's 2.9%.

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 Marcelle is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Marcelle was most concentrated in New Hampshire — about 1 in 7,692 girls, against 1 in 71,432 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

013 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Hampshire1 in 7,692
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 20,000
  3. 3Massachusetts1 in 20,000
  4. 4Maine1 in 25,000
  5. 5New York1 in 25,000
  6. 6Arkansas1 in 50,000
  7. 7California1 in 50,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 100,000

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. Marcelle has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Marcelle is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Marcelle was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,743,270 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

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. Marcelle has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Marcelle around the world

Where Marcelle 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
    2000–2000
    #3,912
    in 2000
  • Scotland
    1975–1975
    #429
    in 1975
  • France
    1900–2025
    #1,782
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2021
    #3,151
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1948–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Marcelle

People whose public names include Marcelle, 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.

Marcelle in other languages

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

MarcelaMarcella

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

Marcelle by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,728
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,518
Best rank ever
#533
1920
Peak year
1920
177 that year
First recorded
1894
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,414
Count in 2025
17

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,209
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5,343
Best rank ever
#2,364
1970
Peak year
1974
17 that year
First recorded
1919
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
507
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Marcelle

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

MarielleMarybelleMaribelleMarcilleMardelleMarchelleMarabelleMarvelleMariellaMaribethMarleighMarshelleMarigoldMaricruzMarybethMariselaMaryannaMarbellaMargarettMaryroseMarloweMarkaylaMaricelaMarilynn

Names with a curve like Marcelle

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

SantaCarmelAlethaElizebethEdwardDorcasConcepcionVitaDortheaRosinaVilmaFrank

Sibling names for Marcelle

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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