first name
MARCELLE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,514 people named Marcelle, 64.5% reported their origin as White, 23.3% as Black and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 90.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marcelle peaked in 1920, when 183 babies got the name.
At least 5,921 babies have been given the name since 1894. 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.
Marcelle by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,223. The largest share of babies named Marcelle, 31%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Marcelle is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marcelle has been most common in New Hampshire (11×), Massachusetts (4.5×), and Louisiana (4.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.47×).
1,852 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 Marcelle
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marcelle, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marcelle ranks #28,394 of 156,621, with 894 people. See Marcelle as a last name
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