NameTides

Marcel

Marcel was the #730 boys' name in the US in 2025 (364 babies), and #556 in England & Wales and #651 in Canada.

Marcel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marcel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandIrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Marcel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#730 (364)#556 (70)#333 (10)—#372 (10)#651 (43)
2024#754 (339)#475 (84)#535 (5)—#582 (5)#658 (41)
2023#761 (341)#360 (117)#249 (16)#272 (6)#362 (10)#509 (54)
2022#659 (417)#371 (114)#271 (14)—#407 (9)#713 (36)
2021#686 (387)#265 (174)#328 (11)—#336 (12)#564 (50)
2020#686 (373)#317 (146)#213 (20)#392 (3)#226 (21)#731 (34)
2019#766 (310)#273 (177)#225 (20)#418 (3)#225 (22)#594 (45)
2018#732 (326)#221 (234)#288 (13)#234 (8)#195 (29)#653 (39)
2017#748 (315)#250 (214)#210 (24)#250 (7)#153 (39)#706 (35)
2016#765 (317)#249 (215)#215 (23)#281 (6)#201 (28)#697 (37)
2015#771 (308)#223 (252)#239 (19)#288 (6)#235 (23)#715 (35)
2014#847 (264)#232 (239)#223 (22)#281 (6)#148 (44)#747 (32)
2013#799 (275)#256 (193)#257 (16)#271 (6)#161 (40)#645 (39)
2012#880 (238)#253 (195)#361 (9)#247 (7)#182 (35)#704 (34)
2011#841 (256)#284 (157)#231 (18)#245 (7)#157 (45)#818 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #659.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Marcel is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 5,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marcel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #905MINew York: #572NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #668INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #577PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #658CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #412AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #638TXFlorida: #602FL
Marcel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#32614
Ontario2024#60719

Marcel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarcelCanadaBoys#65143
MarcelEngland & WalesBoys#55670
MarcelIrelandBoys#37210
MarcelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MarcelScotlandBoys#33310
MarcelUSGirls—too few
MarcelUSBoys#730364