Marcal — boys' name
38 babies named Marcal in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
38 boys have been named Marcal since 1985, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2006.
- 38
- total births
- 1985–2006
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Marcal was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Marcal in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marcal
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Marcal between 1985 and 2006, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marcal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marcal performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Marcal shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marcal 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 38 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.
Marcal at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marcal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1985
- Peak year (1997)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
38 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 8 births in a single year.
Marcal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 13 births that decade — 34% of Marcal's all-time total
Marcal decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marcal's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1985–2006 (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.