Boys' name · since 1911
Marcial
Marcial has 2,013 recorded births since 1911 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,874 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,013
- born since 1911
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Marcial is the #4874 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 2,013 recorded since 1911.
Marcial has 2,013 recorded births among boys since 1911, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4874 as of the latest data, more common than 65% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 2025.
- #3,286 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,874 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,013 born since 1911
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcial ranks #3,286 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,874 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,013 born since 1911, peaking in the 1980s.
- #3,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,874 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,013
- born since 1911
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marcial's 2,013 recorded births place it above 92.77% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Marcial compares
2,013 Top 22% higher than 78% 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
Marcial's all-time total is 5x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marcial | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,013 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 34 | 22,252 |
Marcial's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marcial splits its recorded history at 1974: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% 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 1991 peak of 45 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marcial popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 115 years of records
Marcial by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (336 births, 17% of the file).
1980s was Marcial's strongest decade.
336 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Marcial births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 91
1920s
91 births
- 1930s 56
1930s
56 births
- 1940s 99
1940s
99 births
- 1950s
1950s
162 births
- 1960s
1960s
174 births
- 1970s
1970s
231 births
- 1980s
1980s
336 births
- 1990s
1990s
326 births
- 2000s
2000s
264 births
- 2010s
2010s
172 births
- 2020s 91
2020s
91 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 336 births (17% of all-time use).
How Marcial 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 Marcial's total volume
Marcial by state
Where Marcial concentrates geographically, total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 390 | 19.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 343 | 17.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 73 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.2% |
390 of 2,013 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Marcial's data
- Marcial's decade-level peak was the 1980s (336 total births); usage has since declined to 91 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Marcials (390 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Marcial: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~114 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, 1911–2025 (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 Marcial 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.