Marcelino
Marcelino was given to 102 boys in 2025, #1,649 among boys’ names; 7,476 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,760 Americans named Marcelino and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 30 years old and half are between 16 and 49.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marcelino by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marcelino mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Marcelino is “a male given name”
Borrowed from Latin Mārcellīnus, diminutive of Mārcellus, in turn a diminutive of Mārcus.
/maɾθeˈlino/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marcelino?
#1,649 among boys’ names, 2025
Marcelino fell from #1,536 in 2015 to #1,649 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 55.8 to 59.7 per million.
130 babies in 2006, the peak
Marcelino peaked in 2006, when 130 boys were given it, #1,286 among boys’ names. The 102 births of 2025 are 78% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | #1,649 | 59.7 |
| 2024 | 103 | #1,646 | 59.8 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,587 | 64.3 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,715 | 56.7 |
| 2021 | 87 | #1,810 | 49.7 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,629 | 57.4 |
| 2019 | 80 | #1,880 | 44.6 |
| 2018 | 85 | #1,802 | 46.8 |
| 2017 | 82 | #1,824 | 44.3 |
| 2016 | 100 | #1,616 | 52.7 |
Every recorded year (121)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 107 | #1,536 | 55.8 |
| 2014 | 96 | #1,623 | 50.0 |
| 2013 | 66 | #2,058 | 34.9 |
| 2012 | 94 | #1,649 | 49.6 |
| 2011 | 77 | #1,843 | 40.5 |
| 2010 | 82 | #1,801 | 42.7 |
| 2009 | 97 | #1,634 | 48.9 |
| 2008 | 96 | #1,627 | 47.1 |
| 2007 | 98 | #1,602 | 47.2 |
| 2006 | 130 | #1,286 | 63.3 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,427 | 52.1 |
| 2004 | 107 | #1,360 | 53.9 |
| 2003 | 100 | #1,358 | 50.6 |
| 2002 | 86 | #1,478 | 44.3 |
| 2001 | 119 | #1,165 | 61.2 |
| 2000 | 99 | #1,302 | 50.4 |
| 1999 | 110 | #1,176 | 57.3 |
| 1998 | 96 | #1,265 | 50.2 |
| 1997 | 96 | #1,222 | 50.9 |
| 1996 | 115 | #1,061 | 60.7 |
| 1995 | 101 | #1,138 | 53.1 |
| 1994 | 105 | #1,098 | 54.3 |
| 1993 | 80 | #1,269 | 40.8 |
| 1992 | 90 | #1,171 | 45.1 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,313 | 36.1 |
| 1990 | 88 | #1,158 | 42.8 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,295 | 35.5 |
| 1988 | 70 | #1,217 | 36.6 |
| 1987 | 74 | #1,118 | 39.6 |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,139 | 37.5 |
| 1985 | 79 | #1,038 | 42.7 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,182 | 33.2 |
| 1983 | 81 | #985 | 45.2 |
| 1982 | 96 | #915 | 52.9 |
| 1981 | 91 | #943 | 50.8 |
| 1980 | 85 | #978 | 47.6 |
| 1979 | 80 | #999 | 46.5 |
| 1978 | 72 | #1,031 | 43.9 |
| 1977 | 71 | #1,024 | 43.2 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,062 | 39.5 |
| 1975 | 75 | #950 | 48.0 |
| 1974 | 62 | #1,049 | 39.4 |
| 1973 | 68 | #985 | 43.6 |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,038 | 37.6 |
| 1971 | 62 | #1,040 | 35.1 |
| 1970 | 68 | #986 | 36.6 |
| 1969 | 53 | #1,072 | 29.6 |
| 1968 | 59 | #952 | 33.9 |
| 1967 | 57 | #962 | 32.7 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,084 | 26.4 |
| 1965 | 57 | #983 | 30.6 |
| 1964 | 56 | #1,011 | 28.1 |
| 1963 | 64 | #941 | 31.5 |
| 1962 | 53 | #1,052 | 25.6 |
| 1961 | 70 | #913 | 33.0 |
| 1960 | 75 | #882 | 35.2 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,107 | 23.0 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,043 | 25.4 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,081 | 23.2 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,076 | 23.6 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,301 | 16.5 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,256 | 17.7 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,072 | 23.8 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,103 | 22.6 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,032 | 25.5 |
| 1950 | 59 | #894 | 33.0 |
| 1949 | 63 | #870 | 35.5 |
| 1948 | 51 | #982 | 29.1 |
| 1947 | 56 | #950 | 30.6 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,186 | 21.6 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,218 | 22.3 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,303 | 19.8 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,179 | 23.8 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,309 | 21.0 |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,013 | 33.4 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,173 | 28.5 |
| 1939 | 42 | #987 | 37.9 |
| 1938 | 43 | #972 | 38.8 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,049 | 35.6 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,133 | 32.8 |
| 1935 | 41 | #1,006 | 39.4 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,164 | 32.0 |
| 1933 | 47 | #918 | 47.4 |
| 1932 | 38 | #1,106 | 36.4 |
| 1931 | 56 | #852 | 53.9 |
| 1930 | 59 | #862 | 53.8 |
| 1929 | 62 | #831 | 57.6 |
| 1928 | 55 | #908 | 49.7 |
| 1927 | 48 | #1,019 | 42.6 |
| 1926 | 44 | #1,061 | 39.6 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,113 | 35.8 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,102 | 38.0 |
| 1923 | 38 | #1,169 | 34.7 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,098 | 38.6 |
| 1921 | 37 | #1,190 | 33.6 |
| 1920 | 38 | #1,170 | 35.7 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,400 | 27.5 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,207 | 33.5 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,786 | 19.4 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,627 | 22.5 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,292 | 31.8 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,424 | 29.0 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,164 | 39.0 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,162 | 39.5 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,251 | 39.8 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,757 | 25.7 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,615 | 30.5 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,237 | 41.9 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,428 | 33.2 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,189 | 41.0 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,122 | 41.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Marcelino a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marcelino has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 121 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Marcelino: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marcelino, and how old are they?
5,760 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 7,476 Americans ever recorded as Marcelino. The median Marcelino alive today is 30 years old; half are between 16 and 49.
The 2020 Census counted 13,212 people named Marcelino (47 women and girls, 13,165 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,454 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.4 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 123 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 663 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 921 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,280 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,560 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,210 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Marcelino born?
The states with the most babies named Marcelino are California, Texas and Florida, with 75% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 22 | #1,003 | 2.3× |
| Texas | 21 | #1,088 | 3.5× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,574 | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 7 | #969 | 0.2× |
| Arizona | 5 | #995 | 1.3× |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,134 | 0.0× |
Where Marcelino is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marcelino is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Marcelino with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 7,775 babies since 1880, Marcelino is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 102 of their 102 babies (100%), again the most given.
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcelino | 7,476 | 102 | 2006 |
| Marcellino | 299 | under 5 | 2015 |
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marcelino
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Marcelino and names like it
- Compare Marcelino and MarcellinoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sMarcelino peaked in 2006.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marcelino since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Marcelino: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Marcelino.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Marcelino alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with MMost given first.