Boys' name · since 1991
Marcelis
Marcelis has 113 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,617 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 113
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marcelis sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 113 recorded since 1991.
Marcelis has 113 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2020.
- #16,617 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 113 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcelis ranks #16,617 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 113 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,617 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 113
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marcelis's 113 recorded births place it above 63.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marcelis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marcelis's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marcelis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2020
- Peak year (1992)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Marcelis by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (54 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Marcelis's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Marcelis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 54 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Marcelis's decade-level peak was the 1990s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marcelis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marcelis draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.