Marcelus
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1996
18 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
307
since 1970
Born a Marcelus? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Marcelus was most popular in 1996, when 18 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Marcelus in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 17%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 5 | 12349 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 11 | 7289 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 9 | 8166 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 7 | 9554 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 5 | 12145 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 9 | 8154 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 5 | 12246 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 5 | 12108 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 6 | 10770 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 9 | 8079 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 10 | 7427 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 14 | 5578 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 9 | 7536 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 10 | 6522 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 9 | 6935 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 12 | 5159 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 9 | 6100 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 18 | 3678 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 9 | 5928 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 9 | 5868 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 11 | 5002 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 16 | 3636 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 11 | 4673 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 13 | 4017 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 7 | 5751 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 7 | 5332 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 5 | 6523 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 8 | 3658 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 6 | 4230 |
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