Boys' name · since 1907
Marcelo
Marcelo has 13,231 recorded births since 1907 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,035 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #399 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,231
- born since 1907
- 2020s
- peak decade
Marcelo currently ranks #399 among boys' names in America, with 13,231 babies recorded since 1907.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcelo has been recorded 13,231 times among boys since 1907, currently ranked #399 nationally and more common than 97% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 2025.
- #1,035 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #399 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 13,231 born since 1907
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcelo ranks #1,035 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #399 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 13,231 born since 1907, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,035 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #399 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,231
- born since 1907
- 2020s
- peak decade
Marcelo's 13,231 recorded births place it above 97.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Marcelo compares
13,231 Top 8% higher than 92% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marcelo's all-time total is 36x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marcelo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,231 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 798 | 34 | 22,252 |
Marcelo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marcelo splits its recorded history at 1969: 90% of all births land in the more recent half, 10% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 798 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marcelo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 798
- Annual births at peak, across 119 years of records
Marcelo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (3,515 births, 27% of the file).
2020s was Marcelo's strongest decade.
3,515 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Marcelo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s 68
1910s
68 births
- 1920s 187
1920s
187 births
- 1930s 209
1930s
209 births
- 1940s 195
1940s
195 births
- 1950s 255
1950s
255 births
- 1960s 397
1960s
397 births
- 1970s 678
1970s
678 births
- 1980s 796
1980s
796 births
- 1990s 1,338
1990s
1,338 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,187 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,400 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,515 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 3,515 births (27% of all-time use).
How Marcelo compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Marcelo's total volume
Marcelo by state
Where Marcelo concentrates geographically, total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,178 | 24.0% |
| #2 | California | | 2,923 | 22.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,179 | 8.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 756 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 462 | 3.5% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 396 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 355 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 169 | 1.3% |
3,178 of 13,231 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Marcelo appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Marcelos (3,178 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marcelo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~118 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, 1907–2025 (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 Marcelo 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.