How rare is the name Marcelino?

13,212 people in the United States have the first name Marcelino, about 1 in 22,860. It ranks #2,055 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARCELINO

#2,055

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,212
About
1 in 22,860
This common or more
78.3%
Who bears it

Of the 13,212 people named Marcelino, 88% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.3% as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marcelino peaked in 2006, when 130 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
130
In 2025*
102 ▼22%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,476 babies have been given the name since 1888. 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.

Marcelino by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,976. The largest share of babies named Marcelino, 21.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,9395
1900s#3,90015
1910s#2,693196
1920s#2,090447
1930s#1,976431
1940s#2,313399
1950s#2,480471
1960s#2,368591
1970s#2,435681
1980s#2,549776
1990s#2,753954
2000s#3,2461,036
2010s#3,913869
2020s#3,560600
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–277.2%
Silent Generation 1928–459.9%
Baby boom 1946–6413.3%
Generation X 1965–8013.9%
Millennials 1981–9618%
Generation Z 1997–1221.3%
2013 and later16.3%

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 Marcelino is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marcelino has been most common in Texas (5.6×), New Mexico (3.8×), and California (3.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.32×).

4,832 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 Marcelino

#2,053 Kareem · 13,237#2,054 Archer · 13,225#2,056 Asha · 13,207#2,057 Miracle · 13,205

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marcelino, most common first.

#1,587 Marcelo · 20,317#3,071 Marcelina · 7,201#3,517 Marcello · 5,884#6,665 Marceline · 2,383#18,103 Marcelline · 599#20,273 Marcelene · 511#20,700 Marcelyn · 497#25,276 Marcellina · 376

Also a last name

As a last name, Marcelino ranks #11,506 of 156,621, with 2,616 people. See Marcelino as a last name

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