Marcial
Marcial was given to 20 boys in 2025, #4,973 among boys’ names; 2,013 Americans have been recorded with it since 1911 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,660 Americans named Marcial and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 36 years old and half are between 23 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marcial by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marcial mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marcial is “a male given name from Spanish.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marcial?
#4,973 among boys’ names, 2025
Marcial rose from #6,183 in 2015 to #4,973 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 7.3 to 11.7 per million.
45 babies in 1991, the peak
Marcial peaked in 1991, when 45 boys were given it, #1,777 among boys’ names. The 20 births of 2025 are 44% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,973 | 11.7 |
| 2024 | 10 | #8,111 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,756 | 7.6 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,549 | 9.7 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,472 | 9.7 |
| 2020 | 14 | #6,169 | 8.1 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,709 | 8.9 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,234 | 9.9 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,221 | 7.6 |
| 2016 | 19 | #5,063 | 10.0 |
Every recorded year (104)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #6,183 | 7.3 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,339 | 12.0 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,823 | 7.9 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,404 | 9.0 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,346 | 9.0 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,960 | 9.9 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,789 | 14.1 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,099 | 12.3 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,315 | 11.1 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,449 | 7.8 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,888 | 12.0 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,815 | 12.1 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,159 | 15.2 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,149 | 14.9 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,545 | 19.6 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,191 | 13.7 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,836 | 15.6 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,685 | 16.2 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,653 | 15.9 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,460 | 16.9 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,985 | 12.6 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,472 | 16.0 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,374 | 16.3 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,385 | 15.5 |
| 1991 | 45 | #1,777 | 22.3 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,923 | 19.5 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,011 | 18.0 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,832 | 19.3 |
| 1987 | 38 | #1,742 | 20.4 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,034 | 15.7 |
| 1985 | 37 | #1,688 | 20.0 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,594 | 21.1 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,935 | 15.6 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,721 | 18.7 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,750 | 18.4 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,089 | 14.6 |
| 1979 | 26 | #2,026 | 15.1 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,782 | 18.3 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,730 | 18.9 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,565 | 10.8 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,735 | 18.6 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,627 | 9.5 |
| 1973 | 21 | #2,010 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,903 | 14.2 |
| 1971 | 21 | #2,026 | 11.9 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,183 | 9.7 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,099 | 9.5 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,404 | 7.5 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,795 | 11.5 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,940 | 9.5 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,329 | 7.0 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,642 | 12.0 |
| 1963 | 20 | #1,815 | 9.8 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,156 | 7.3 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,203 | 7.1 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,844 | 9.4 |
| 1959 | 26 | #1,577 | 12.2 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,668 | 10.8 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,773 | 9.7 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,060 | 7.6 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,020 | 7.8 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,173 | 6.9 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,248 | 6.6 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,122 | 7.2 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,452 | 5.8 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,939 | 4.5 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,409 | 6.2 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,795 | 4.9 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,106 | 8.0 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,339 | 7.4 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,941 | 10.3 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,668 | 6.3 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,855 | 5.8 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,164 | 9.8 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,048 | 11.2 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,017 | 6.3 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,396 | 5.4 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,383 | 5.6 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,399 | 5.8 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,177 | 6.8 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,965 | 5.0 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,007 | 7.7 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,549 | 10.0 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,973 | 14.9 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,343 | 11.7 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,051 | 8.1 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,645 | 4.5 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,165 | 7.9 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,289 | 12.8 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,710 | 4.6 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,454 | 11.8 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,697 | 6.6 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,098 | 9.8 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,669 | 26.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Marcial a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marcial has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 104 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Marcial: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marcial, and how old are they?
1,660 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 2,013 Americans ever recorded as Marcial. The median Marcial alive today is 36 years old; half are between 23 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 4,470 people named Marcial (59 women and girls, 4,411 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,638 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 31 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 199 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 517 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 401 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 208 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Marcial born?
The states with the most babies named Marcial are California, Texas and New York, with 97% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 390 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Texas | 343 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| New York | 73 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Illinois | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Marcial is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marcial is most over-represented in Texas: since 1911 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Marcial with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 29,124 babies since 1880, Marcial is the third most given (6.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 20 of their 442 babies (4.5%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marcial
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Marcial and names like it
- Compare Marcial and MarcelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sMarcial peaked in 1991.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marcial since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Marcial: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1991The year the most babies were named Marcial.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Marcial alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with MMost given first.