Marcelus
#9,499 most common boys' name of all time · #24,027 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2024
Rank among boys
#9,499
Rank overall
#24,027 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
307
Since 2016
51
Peak year
1996 #3,756
Best rank
#3,731 1991
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Marcelus first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,686 |
| 2023 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,394 |
| 2021 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,331 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,794 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,525 |
| 2018 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,334 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,630 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,478 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,916 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,096 |
| 2011 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,247 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,939 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,368 |
| 2006 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,595 |
| 2005 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,676 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,715 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,907 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,696 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,126 |
| 1998 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,285 |
| 1997 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,293 |
| 1996 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,756 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,116 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,086 |
| 1993 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,174 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,816 |
| 1991 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,731 |
| 1990 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,833 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,169 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,084 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,654 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,044 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,993 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,322 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,932 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,694 |