Marciel — unisex name
84 babies named Marciel in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
84 girls have been named Marciel since 1914, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1935.
- 84
- total births
- 1914–1935
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
65% of everyone ever named Marciel was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Marciel in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marciel
The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Marciel between 1914 and 1935, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marciel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Marciel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1996.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marciel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Marciel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marciel 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 84 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.
Marciel at a glance
Last recorded 1935Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marciel popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1914
- Peak year (1920)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1935.
84 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 9 births in a single year.
Marciel popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 1996 (Marciel as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Marciel accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marciel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 55 births that decade — 65% of Marciel's all-time total
Marciel decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Marciel's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% 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, 1914–1935 (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.