Marcelle
Marcelle was the 6729th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1920, when it ranked 533rd with 177 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,840 places. More babies were named Marcelle in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,729 girls, up 1,522 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 17girls
- Girls and boys
- 77% girls, 23% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1920177 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,921babies recorded
Marcelle popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,729 | #13,213 | 17 | 5 |
| 2020 | #8,251 | #7,871 | 13 | 10 |
| 2010 | #8,153 | — | 15 | — |
| 2000 | #7,863 | #6,650 | 13 | 10 |
| 1990 | #4,459 | #4,882 | 22 | 11 |
| 1980 | #2,327 | #4,369 | 42 | 9 |
| 1970 | #1,692 | #2,365 | 55 | 16 |
| 1960 | #1,412 | #4,393 | 61 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,207 | — | 59 | — |
| 1940 | #1,334 | — | 32 | — |
| 1930 | #814 | — | 76 | — |
| 1920 | #533 | #4,102 | 177 | 6 |
| 1910 | #908 | — | 23 | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Marcelle, counting every spelling?
Marcelle is the most common spelling of a name family that had 22 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 22 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcelle | 17 | #6,729 | 58 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Marcelle?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Marcelle (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Marcelle born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Marcelle.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Marcelle?
About 2,600 people born in the US named Marcelle are alive today, with a median age of 59; half are between 43 and 70. That makes Marcelle a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Marcelle
How popular is the name Marcelle?
Marcelle was the 6729th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1920, when it ranked 533rd with 177 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,840 places. More babies were named Marcelle in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Marcelle a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 77% girls, 23% boys given the name Marcelle in the US.