Boys' name · since 1984
Marcelous
Since 1984, U.S. Social Security records show 53 babies named Marcelous, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,785 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,497 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 53
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
53 babies have been named Marcelous since 1984, making it today's #12497 boys' name.
Marcelous has 53 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12497 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #21,785 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,497 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 53 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcelous ranks #21,785 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,497 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 53 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,785 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,497 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 53
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marcelous's 53 recorded births place it above 51.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Marcelous compares
53 18th percentile among 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
Marcelous's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marcelous | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 53 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Marcelous's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marcelous's full recorded timeline at 1999, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marcelous popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Marcelous by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (25 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Marcelous's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Marcelous births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 25 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Marcelous's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (25 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marcelous: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Marcelous 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.