Marcelous — boys' name
53 babies named Marcelous in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
53 boys have been named Marcelous since 1984, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2025.
- 53
- total births
- 1984–2025
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Marcelous was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Marcelous in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marcelous
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Marcelous between 1984 and 2025, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marcelous currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marcelous performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Marcelous shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marcelous 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 53 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.
Marcelous at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marcelous popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1984
- Peak year (1997)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
53 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 8 births in a single year.
Marcelous by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 25 births that decade — 47% of Marcelous's all-time total
Marcelous decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marcelous's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1984–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.