NameTides

Marcelo

Marcelo was the #398 boys' name in the US in 2025 (798 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales and #1,311 in Canada.

Marcelo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Marcelo 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Marcelo 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#398 (798)#2,952 (7)#1,311 (18)
2024#444 (710)#2,089 (11)#1,306 (17)
2023#521 (566)#2,008 (11)#1,810 (10)
2022#542 (545)#2,321 (9)#1,237 (17)
2021#583 (478)#2,730 (7)#1,277 (16)
2020#641 (418)#3,334 (5)#1,454 (13)
2019#576 (483)#2,104 (10)#1,029 (21)
2018#610 (440)#1,683 (14)#1,219 (16)
2017#586 (463)#2,172 (10)#1,008 (22)
2016#765 (317)#2,027 (11)#1,346 (14)
2015#761 (313)#1,902 (12)#1,204 (16)
2014#743 (319)#2,248 (9)#1,657 (10)
2013#811 (270)#3,822 (4)#1,771 (9)
2012#795 (284)#3,416 (5)#1,202 (16)
2011#825 (263)#2,613 (7)#1,467 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #398.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1907.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 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 2,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Marcelo is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marcelo by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #425WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #400ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #661NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #299NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #711INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #662PANew Jersey: #396NJConnecticut: #361CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #247CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #563VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #221AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: #468KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #541GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #183TXFlorida: #267FL
Marcelo (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
Ontario2024#1,03310

Marcelo (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
MarceloCanadaBoys#1,31118
MarceloEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
MarceloUSBoys#398798