Marcelle
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 91.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1920 · 177 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,414since 1894
Marcelle over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #2,447 | 39 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,308 | 42 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #2,304 | 41 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #2,232 | 37 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #2,066 | 40 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #2,094 | 38 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #1,627 | 55 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #1,415 | 74 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #1,681 | 55 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #1,561 | 58 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #1,406 | 64 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,281 | 71 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #1,351 | 65 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,292 | 70 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #1,405 | 64 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,201 | 83 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,376 | 65 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #1,288 | 74 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #1,405 | 61 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #1,299 | 68 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,364 | 60 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,289 | 67 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,287 | 65 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,275 | 62 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,197 | 70 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,288 | 57 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 54 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,239 | 56 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,200 | 59 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,210 | 56 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,124 | 63 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,270 | 51 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,439 | 37 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,356 | 35 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,205 | 43 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,212 | 44 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,249 | 41 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,132 | 41 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,160 | 38 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,039 | 45 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,119 | 39 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,019 | 46 | — | |
| 1933 | #957 | 51 | — | |
| 1932 | #979 | 52 | — | |
| 1931 | #887 | 60 | — | |
| 1930 | #810 | 76 | — | |
| 1929 | #861 | 68 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #742 | 91 | — | |
| 1927 | #723 | 99 | — | |
| 1926 | #708 | 105 | — | |
| 1925 | #773 | 91 | — | |
| 1924 | #643 | 135 | — | |
| 1923 | #616 | 142 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #659 | 121 | — | |
| 1921 | #599 | 146 | — | |
| 1920 | #532 | 177 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #566 | 148 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #592 | 144 | — | |
| 1917 | #740 | 90 | — | |
| 1916 | #810 | 70 | — | |
| 1915 | #839 | 60 | — | |
| 1914 | #888 | 43 | — | |
| 1913 | #758 | 48 | — | |
| 1912 | #786 | 40 | — | |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 | — | |
| 1910 | #896 | 23 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | — | |
| 1908 | #912 | 19 | — | |
| 1907 | #898 | 18 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 | — | |
| 1904 | #880 | 17 | — | |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Marcelle! It came in at #1,485, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1897, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Marcelle
- 3,725 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #6,546)
- 1,423 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #6,546)
- 5,289 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #6,546)
- Biggest jump: 507 spots in 1903 (#1,438 → #931)
- Biggest drop: 457 spots in 1909 (#912 → #1,369)
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1920 at #532 (177 births)
- Births halved by 1929, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1910–1933
- Highest: 1 in 6,770 girls born in 1920 were named Marcelle (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.7% of all girls named Marcelle (1,175) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2018, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 27 | #1,171 (1898) | #1,340 |
| 1900s | 117 | #880 (1904) | #1,110 |
| 1910s | 689 | #566 (1919) | #777 |
| 1920s | 1,175 | #532 (1920) | #686 |
| 1930s | 478 | #810 (1930) | #1,045 |
| 1940s | 439 | #1,124 (1948) | #1,262 |
| 1950s | 618 | #1,197 (1954) | #1,274 |
| 1960s | 675 | #1,201 (1963) | #1,357 |
| 1970s | 410 | #1,415 (1971) | #2,313 |
| 1980s | 279 | #2,308 (1980) | #3,295 |
| 1990s | 207 | #3,670 (1995) | #5,023 |
| 2000s | 122 | #6,392 (2002) | #9,128 |
| 2010s | 107 | #6,901 (2016) | #10,242 |
| 2020s | 71 | #6,546 (2025) | #9,142 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Marcelle in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 16,420 of them was named Marcelle, which outranked 83.7% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #855Dale69
- #855Natalia69
- #855Roseann69
- #861Marcelle68
- #861Cherie68
- #861Eugene68
- #861Jeraldine68
- #868Bernita67
- #868Eulalia67
- #868Ferne67
Tied with 6 names at #861; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 179,269 of them was named Marcelle, which outranked 21.7% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,247Yates7
- #3,247Ysidoro7
- #3,247Zeke7
- #3,559Marcelle6
- #3,559Abdon6
- #3,559Achilles6
- #3,559Addis6
- #3,959Adolphe5
- #3,959Adren5
- #3,959Agustine5
Tied with 399 names at #3,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.