Marchel
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Marchel has been given to 129 babies in the U.S. since 1956. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1967, with 12 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% girls, 43% boys all-time.
Babies named Marchel, 1972
1 in 524,000
Marchel over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Marchel over time
In 1972, Marchel went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
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.
How common is Marchel?
Marchel had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1972, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1972
- 1 in 524,000
- 6 of 3,142,796 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 254,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1972
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 363,071 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Marchel sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1972 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 363,071 children born in 1972 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marchel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Marchels were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Marchel was born before 1965 — so the typical Marchel is around 60 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1960s
- 54.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 73
- People you could plausibly meet
1960s — 54.8% of all recorded uses (40).
Is Marchel 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1967 (12)
- Years since peak
- 58
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 23.3% average annual change
Spellings of Marchel
Marchel is not the most common spelling — Rachel is, with 87.5% against Marchel's 0.01%.
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.
Marchel by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Marchel
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Marchel
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.