first name
MARCEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,399 people named Marcel, 37.2% reported their origin as White, 34.4% as Black and 18.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 94.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marcel peaked in 2022, when 417 babies got the name.
At least 21,123 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Marcel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,135. The largest share of babies named Marcel, 20.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Marcel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marcel has been most common in Maine (7.3×), Vermont (7.3×), and Rhode Island (6.3×), and least common in Alabama (0.13×).
15,239 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Marcel
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marcel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marcel ranks #14,552 of 156,621, with 1,969 people. See Marcel as a last name
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