Marcelo

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Marcelo is ranked 444th among boys in 2024 (709 births). Its best rank was 444th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #444up 77 from 2023
Births in 2024: 7090.04% of boys
Peak year: 2024709 births
Best rank: #444in 2024
Since 1907: 12,432people given the name

Babies named Marcelo, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

12,432 boys have been named Marcelo in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 709 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 27%. It has spent 38 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 Marcelo
1900s	6
1910s	68
1920s	187
1930s	209
1940s	195
1950s	255
1960s	397
1970s	678
1980s	796
1990s	1,338
2000s	2,187
2010s	3,400
2020s	2,716

In 2024, its biggest year

Marcelo was the 444th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Marcelo

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

Other spellings in the data

Marcello6,342 ever

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.