How rare is the name Marcell?

3,759 people in the United States have the first name Marcell, about 1 in 80,349. It ranks #4,804 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MARCELL

#4,804

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,759
About
1 in 80,349
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,759 people named Marcell, 62.8% reported their origin as Black, 16.4% as White and 12.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 81.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marcell peaked in 1991, when 112 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
1991
Births that year
112
In 2025*
58 ▼48%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 5,988 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Marcell by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #2,304. The largest share of babies named Marcell, 22.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#3,113158
1920s#2,304384
1930s#2,608269
1940s#3,034244
1950s#3,284284
1960s#2,691472
1970s#2,488659
1980s#2,707713
1990s#2,735962
2000s#3,823820
2010s#4,661660
2020s#4,916363
Greatest Generation 1901–278%
Silent Generation 1928–457.9%
Baby boom 1946–649.9%
Generation X 1965–8016.7%
Millennials 1981–9622.2%
Generation Z 1997–1221.8%
2013 and later13.5%

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 Marcell is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marcell has been most common in Michigan (4.3×), Illinois (3.4×), and California (3.3×), and least common in Ohio (0.53×).

1,900 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.

Exactly as common as Marcell

1 other first name also has 3,759 people.

#4,804 Fatoumata · 3,759

Either side of Marcell

#4,803 Sabra · 3,760#4,804 Fatoumata · 3,759#4,806 Kadyn · 3,758#4,806 Lilli · 3,758

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,200 Marcella · 32,506#1,229 Maricela · 31,152#1,472 Marcela · 22,861#1,587 Marcelo · 20,317#1,741 Marcel · 17,399#3,517 Marcello · 5,884#4,072 Marcellus · 4,754#4,222 Marcelle · 4,514

Also a last name

As a last name, Marcell ranks #25,659 of 156,621, with 1,007 people. See Marcell as a last name

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