first name
MARCELO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,317 people named Marcelo, 75.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17% as White and 4.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marcelo peaked in 2025, when 798 babies got the name.
At least 13,231 babies have been given the name since 1907. 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.
Marcelo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,035. The largest share of babies named Marcelo, 46.3%, 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 Marcelo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marcelo has been most common in Texas (3.8×), Florida (3.1×), and California (2.6×), and least common in Ohio (0.12×).
10,964 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 Marcelo
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marcelo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marcelo ranks #10,948 of 156,621, with 2,779 people. See Marcelo as a last name
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