Recorded 1915–1999 Boys' name Peak 1944 412 births

Excell — boys' name

412 babies named Excell in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1944. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s401920s821930s731940s911950s791960s291970s121990s6
1940s
Peak decade

22% of everyone ever named Excell was born in this single decade.

1944
Single peak year

15 babies were named Excell in 1944 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Excell

The Social Security Administration has registered 412 babies named Excell between 1915 and 1999, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Excell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1944, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Excell performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Excell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Excell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Excell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 412 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Excell at a glance

Last recorded 1999

Total births

412

Since 1915

85 years of records

Peak year

1944

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1999

Active since

1915

Recorded for 85 years

Last year on file: 1999

Excell popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1915

Last recorded 1999
Peak year (1944)
15
Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
05101520 19991960195219441937192819211915 8

Excell popularity over time — girls

5 total births recorded since 1921 (Excell as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 1921 5

Excell by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
91 births that decade — 22% of Excell's all-time total
1910s401920s821930s731940s911950s791960s291970s121990s6

Excell by state

Where Excell concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Excell
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Mississippi
75 18.2%
Mississippi share of Excell's total US births 18.2%

75 of 412 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Excell?
412 babies have been named Excell since 1915. It was last recorded in 1999. The peak year was 1944 with 15 births.
When was Excell most popular?
Excell was most popular in the 1940s decade with 91 total births. The single peak year was 1944.
Where is Excell most popular?
The top states for the name Excell are Mississippi (75 births).
How long has the name Excell been used?
Excell has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 85 years of data through 1999.
What names are similar to Excell?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Excel. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.