Marzell — boys' name
260 babies named Marzell in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
19% of everyone ever named Marzell was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Marzell in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marzell
The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Marzell between 1926 and 2023, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marzell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Marzell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 204 additional births since 1918.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marzell performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Marzell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marzell 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 260 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.
Marzell at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marzell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1926
- Peak year (1999)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
260 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 11 births in a single year.
Marzell popularity over time — girls
204 total births recorded since 1918 (Marzell as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Marzell accounts for 44% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marzell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 50 births that decade — 19% of Marzell's all-time total
Marzell decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Marzell's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% 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, 1926–2023 (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.