Unisex name · since 1926
Marzell
Marzell has 267 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,289 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,830 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1926
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Marzell is the #9830 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 267 recorded since 1926.
Marzell has 267 recorded births among boys since 1926, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9830 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 2025.
- #11,289 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,830 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 267 born since 1926
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marzell ranks #11,289 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,830 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 267 born since 1926, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,289 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,830 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1926
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marzell's 267 recorded births place it above 75.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Marzell compares
267 43rd 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
Marzell's all-time total is 28% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marzell | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 267 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Marzell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marzell splits its recorded history at 1992: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1928 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marzell popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 100 years of records
Marzell popularity over time - girls
204 total births recorded since 1918 (Marzell as girls' name)
Marzell by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (50 births, 19% of the file).
2000s was Marzell's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Marzell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 18
1930s
18 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
30 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 50 births (19% of all-time use).
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- Marzell's decade-level peak was the 2000s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Marzell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~99 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, 1926–2025 (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 Marzell 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.