Marcellus

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Marcellus is ranked 948th among boys in 2024 (240 births). Its best rank was 548th, in 1902.

Rank in 2024: #948down 78 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2400.01% of boys
Peak year: 2021351 births
Best rank: #548in 1902
Since 1880: 9,392people given the name

Babies named Marcellus, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

9,392 boys have been named Marcellus in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 351 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 2020s alone account for 16%. It has spent 66 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Marcellus
1880s	91
1890s	66
1900s	108
1910s	410
1920s	523
1930s	359
1940s	326
1950s	414
1960s	612
1970s	818
1980s	674
1990s	1,032
2000s	1,035
2010s	1,402
2020s	1,522

In 2021, its biggest year

Marcellus was the 732nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Marcellus

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.