Marcelle
Marcelle is given to both girls and boys: 17 girls and 5 boys were given it in 2025 (#6,728 among girls’ names and #13,209 among boys’, #9,825 among all names counting both); 5,921 Americans have been recorded with it since 1894 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,050 Americans named Marcelle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 38 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marcelle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marcelle mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marcelle is “a female given name, variant of Marcella.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marcelle?
#6,728 among girls’ names, 2025
Marcelle rose from #12,564 in 2015 to #6,728 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 4.5 to 10.6 per million.
183 babies in 1920, the peak
Marcelle peaked in 1920, when 183 babies were given it (177 girls, #533 among girls’ names). The 22 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 12% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,728 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,785 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 10 | #10,069 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 16 | #7,168 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,616 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 13 | #8,246 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,911 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,985 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,124 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 17 | #7,109 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | #12,564 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 8 | #12,661 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,740 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,887 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,938 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,149 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 8 | #13,227 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,800 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,339 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,680 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 17 | #7,037 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,543 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,309 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,571 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 11 | #9,131 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,855 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,810 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,738 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,459 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,679 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,732 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,773 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,447 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,322 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,105 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,454 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,965 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,848 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,695 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,420 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,682 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,818 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,205 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,062 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,472 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 42 | #2,327 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,329 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,835 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,442 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,611 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 37 | #2,262 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,091 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 38 | #2,110 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,646 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 74 | #1,423 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,692 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 58 | #1,569 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 64 | #1,413 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 71 | #1,292 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 65 | #1,361 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 70 | #1,297 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 64 | #1,415 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 83 | #1,208 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 65 | #1,380 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 74 | #1,293 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 61 | #1,411 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 68 | #1,303 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 60 | #1,373 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 67 | #1,296 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 65 | #1,294 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 62 | #1,286 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 70 | #1,202 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 57 | #1,293 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,309 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 56 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 59 | #1,206 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 56 | #1,216 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 63 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,279 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,454 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,368 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,217 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,219 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,258 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,259 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,334 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 41 | #1,140 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,361 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,172 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 45 | #1,045 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,128 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 46 | #1,029 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 51 | #967 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 52 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 60 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 76 | #814 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 68 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 91 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 99 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 105 | #711 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 91 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 135 | #647 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 142 | #619 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 121 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1921 | 146 | #601 | 0.12 |
| 1920 | 177 | #533 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 148 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 144 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 90 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 70 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 60 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 43 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 48 | #763 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 40 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 23 | #918 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 23 | #908 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,435 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 19 | #931 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 18 | #913 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,081 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,082 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 17 | #900 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 14 | #959 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,537 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,591 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,345 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,229 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,528 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,622 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Marcelle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 5,921 Americans recorded as Marcelle, 91% are girls and 9% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Marcelle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marcelle, and how old are they?
3,050 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 52% of the 5,921 Americans ever recorded as Marcelle. The median Marcelle alive today is 56 years old; half are between 38 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 4,514 people named Marcelle (4,092 women and girls, 422 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,291 born in the U.S. The Census count is 37% above 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 | 221 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 934 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 849 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 513 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 325 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 200 |
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 Marcelle born?
The states with the most babies named Marcelle are New York, California and Massachusetts, with 55% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 508 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| California | 309 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 209 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Louisiana | 150 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Texas | 133 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New Hampshire | 63 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Illinois | 60 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 59 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 47 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Arkansas | 40 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Marcelle is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marcelle is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 1.3 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 girls’ 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 Marcelle 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 84,071 babies since 1880, Marcelle is the third most given (7.0% of them). In 2025 it was given to 22 of their 462 babies (4.8%), again the third most given.
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 Marcelle
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 Marcelle and names like it
- Compare Marcelle and MarcellaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMarcelle peaked in 1920.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marcelle since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Marcelle.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Marcelle alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.