Marcel

Boy · recorded 1881–2025

  • #730in 2025
  • 1 in 4,692boys in 2025
  • +33%last ten years
  • 2.2×in Louisiana

Most popular in 2022, and up 33% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 130 recorded years as a table
Marcel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188150
188444
189257
189551
189642
189849
190166
190367
190439
190568
190668
190761
190852
190943
191057
191189
191265
191386
191496
1915106
191683
1917112
1918111
1919102
1920100
192192
1922105
1923132
1924125
1925133
1926109
1927126
1928121
1929119
1930118
1931109
1932109
193380
193497
193567
193655
193765
193863
193969
194046
194148
194258
194358
194435
194556
194639
194754
194863
194950
195049
195151
195256
195355
195452
195540
195657
195749
195849
195953
196058
196156
196263
196361
196474
196589
196679
196794
196893
196998
197098
1971101
1972125
1973119
197496
1975117
1976106
1977105
197882
197993
198099
198198
198283
1983115
1984106
1985109
1986135
1987125
1988145
1989139
1990159
1991145
1992168
1993134
1994137
1995133
1996146
1997133
1998136
1999142
2000116
2001110
2002100
2003115
2004107
2005119
200696
2007119
2008127
2009118
2010133
2011135
2012125
2013145
2014137
2015161
2016167
2017170
2018179
2019173
2020216
2021221
2022239
2023199
2024197
2025213

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Louisiana 2.2×
  2. Arizona 1.8×
  3. Massachusetts 1.6×
  4. New York 1.5×
  5. Michigan 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
364
Rank in 2025
#730
How rare
1 in 4,692 boys
Since 1881
20,131

Most popular in 2022, at 239 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 33% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Louisiana2.2×26
Arizona1.8×36
Massachusetts1.6×27
New York1.5×79
Michigan1.5×36

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.