Marcellus

Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,995 · #1,054 for boys in 2025, 208 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#536
1902 · 16 births
Debut · boys
1880
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,603
since 1880

Marcellus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Marcellus has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #536, 1902boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,054208
2024—#950241
2023—#868271
2022—#760332
2021—#732351
2020—#741329
2019—#930234
2018—#952218
2017—#1,081181
2016—#1,219154
2015—#1,239147
2014—#1,355126
2013—#1,79480
2012—#1,75685
2011—#1,70387
2010—#1,68791
2009—#1,60499
2008—#1,523106
2007—#1,65892
2006—#1,54396
2005—#1,402106
2004—#1,46793
2003—#1,262114
2002—#1,34698
2001—#1,171117
2000—#1,188114
1999—#1,32091
1998—#1,30191
1997—#1,134110
1996—#1,162101
1995—#1,17297
1994—#1,063110
1993—#1,015117
1992—#1,077104
1991—#1,063104
1990—#1,023107
1989—#1,16283
1988—#1,14577
1987—#98293
1986—#1,12770
1985—#1,15865
1984—#96884
1983—#1,25354
1982—#1,62237
1981—#1,14364
1980—#1,37847
1979—#1,07768
1978—#1,07965
1977—#1,05467
1976—#1,10059
1975—#86193
1974—#95373
1973—#90478
1972—#81596
1971—#742121
1970#7,9955#81898
1969—#83186
1968—#80984
1967—#84871
1966—#94159
1965—#94860
1964—#92168
1963—#1,23839
1962—#1,08250
1961—#1,17945
1960—#1,09850
1959—#1,41631
1958—#1,30535
1957—#1,23440
1956—#1,15743
1955—#1,04752
1954—#91865
1953—#1,15541
1952—#1,02749
1951—#1,19537
1950—#1,61521
1949—#1,02946
1948—#1,21735
1947—#1,15939
1946—#1,09440
1945—#1,29626
1944—#1,32825
1943—#1,36826
1942—#1,11937
1941—#1,27627
1940—#1,33425
1939—#1,27227
1938—#1,10934
1937—#1,05637
1936—#1,14233
1935—#1,16532
1934—#1,03839
1933—#1,36124
1932—#1,15734
1931—#91050
1930—#96749
1929—#1,01045
1928—#1,05743
1927—#99050
1926—#1,03445
1925—#1,02245
1924—#92557
1923—#88259
1922—#89160
1921—#96253
1920—#82666
1919—#94950
1918—#88956
1917—#87653
1916—#72469
1915—#82355
1914—#81942
1913—#91429
1912—#91824
1911—#85615
1910—#72917
1909—#89311
1908—#77912
1907—#1,0947
1906—#64014
1905——
1904—#61214
1903—#59514
1902—#53616
1901—#7279
1900—#78511
1899—#7149
1898——
1897—#7259
1896—#8268
1895——
1894—#66810
1893—#7059
1892—#8617
1891—#7667
1890—#8147
1889—#54912
1888—#7049
1887—#6319
1886—#6479
1885—#57711
1884—#57011
1883—#8925
1882—#8376
1881—#6538
1880—#57111
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Marcellus was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1895, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Marcellus
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 104 spots since 2024 (#950 → #1,054)
  • 313 spots since 2020 (#741 → #1,054)
  • 185 spots since 2015 (#1,239 → #1,054)
  • Biggest jump: 322 spots in 1884 (#892 → #570)
  • Biggest drop: 454 spots in 1907 (#640 → #1,094)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1902 at #536 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1905, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 66 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1908–1924
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,984
  • Highest: 1 in 4,984 boys born in 2021 were named Marcellus (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,212 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #536 in 1902, was only 1 in 7,666 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 18.0% of all boys named Marcellus (1,732) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s91#549 (1889)#663
1890s66#668 (1894)#760
1900s108#536 (1902)#740
1910s410#724 (1916)#850
1920s523#826 (1920)#960
1930s359#910 (1931)#1,118
1940s326#1,029 (1949)#1,222
1950s414#918 (1954)#1,207
1960s612#809 (1968)#990
1970s818#742 (1971)#940
1980s674#968 (1984)#1,194
1990s1,032#1,015 (1993)#1,133
2000s1,035#1,171 (2001)#1,416
2010s1,403#930 (2019)#1,372
2020s1,732#732 (2021)#851

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Marcellus in 1978

boys
#1,079
65 births · 1 in 25,259 boys

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #1,079Marcellus65
More about 1978

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 25,259 of them was named Marcellus, which outranked 84.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcellus
  1. #1,066Terance66
  2. #1,066Torrence66
  3. #1,066Tyran66
  4. #1,079Marcellus65
  5. #1,079Bjorn65
  6. #1,079Brook65
  7. #1,079Carnell65
  8. #1,087Benji64
  9. #1,087Emery64
  10. #1,087Emory64

Tied with 7 names at #1,079; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978 →