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Marzell

#10,310 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Marcellus

Marzell has been given to 471 babies in the U.S. since 1926. In 2025 it ranked #10,310 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1999, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% boys, 43% girls all-time.

Babies named Marzell, 2025

1 in 474,000

Marzell over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

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

19182025

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.

Marzell: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Marcellus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marzell means

Marzell is a variant of Marcellus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marcellus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 267 boys were recorded with the name Marzell between 1926 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1999; its best national rank was #3,010 in 1931.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,604 in 2015 to #10,310 in 2025.

In the United States, 204 girls were recorded with the name Marzell between 1918 and 1957. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1922; its best national rank was #2,387 in 1934.

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.

How common is Marzell?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 244,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#10,310
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Marzell 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marzell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marzells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marzell was born before 1994 — so the typical Marzell is around 31 today.

Median birth year
1994
About 31 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
18.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
37.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
233
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2000s — 18.7% of all recorded uses (50).

Is Marzell 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
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,294
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.17×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
63.6%
Peak was 1999 (11)
Years since peak
26
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,010
1931

Spellings of Marzell

Marzell is not the most common spelling — Darrell is, with 39.6% against Marzell's 0.07%.

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 Marzell is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Marzell was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 296,404 across all states with data. It was least common in Arkansas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2Arkansas1 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. Marzell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Marzell by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,310
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#3,010
1931
Peak year
1999
11 that year
First recorded
1926
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
267
Count in 2025
7

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,387
1934
Peak year
1922
13 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
1957
All-time count
204
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Marzell

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

MarvellMartrellMarrellMartellMardellMarquellMarkellMarcellMarshellMarnellMarsdenMarsellMarstonMarseanMarellMarvionMarvensMarleeMarshonMarkelleMartinoMarcioMarselMarinus

Sibling names for Marzell

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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