Marnell — unisex name

What the Data Says About Marnell

The Social Security Administration has registered 245 babies named Marnell between 1919 and 1979, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Marnell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 32 additional births since 1969.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marnell performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Marnell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marnell 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 245 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.