Marcellus — #947 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Marcellus

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,392 babies named Marcellus between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marcellus currently holds the #947 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 351 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marcellus performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,522 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Marcellus shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 604 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Marcellus in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marcellus 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 9,392 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.