Marceil — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marceil

The Social Security Administration has registered 438 babies named Marceil between 1913 and 1964, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marceil currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marceil performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marceil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Marceil in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marceil 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 438 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.