NameTides

Marcellus

Marcellus was the #1,054 boys' name in the US in 2025 (208 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Marcellus as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Marcellus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Marcellus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,054 (208)#5,137 (3)—
2024#950 (241)#2,264 (10)—
2023#868 (271)#1,907 (12)#2,123 (8)
2022#760 (332)#1,534 (16)#1,759 (10)
2021#732 (351)#1,860 (12)—
2020#741 (329)#2,682 (7)—
2019#930 (234)#2,488 (8)#2,756 (5)
2018#952 (218)#4,749 (3)—
2017#1,081 (181)#1,812 (13)—
2016#1,219 (154)#3,478 (5)—
2015#1,239 (147)#2,150 (10)#2,139 (7)
2014#1,355 (126)#2,459 (8)—
2013#1,794 (80)#3,822 (4)—
2012#1,756 (85)#3,987 (4)—
2011#1,703 (87)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #732.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,200 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 8,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Marcellus is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,700 to 1 in 9,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marcellus by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,039TXFlorida: #958FL
Marcellus (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarcellusCanadaBoys—too few
MarcellusEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
MarcellusNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MarcellusUSGirls—too few
MarcellusUSBoys#1,054208