Marcellous — #6486 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Marcellous

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,049 babies named Marcellous between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marcellous currently holds the #6486 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marcellous performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 232 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Marcellous shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Marcellous in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marcellous 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 1,049 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.