Marcelle
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- mar-SEL
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Marcelle is a name of Latin origin, meaning “little Marcus, from Mars”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Marcelle mean?
Latin: French feminine of Marcel, from Latin Marcellus
“little Marcus, from Mars”
Marcellus was a Roman diminutive of Marcus, a name linked with Mars, god of war.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Marcelle a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Marcelle has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Marcelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Marcelle, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 177 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894. 5 boys were also named Marcelle in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
2025 had more girls named Marcelle than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Marcelle in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 97% of the babies named Marcelle in the US in 1919, and 72% in 1998.
Marcelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,016 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,447 |
| 1980 | 42 | #2,308 |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,304 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 37 | #2,232 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,066 |
| 1973 | 38 | #2,094 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,627 |
| 1971 | 74 | #1,415 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,681 |
| 1969 | 58 | #1,561 |
| 1968 | 64 | #1,406 |
| 1967 | 71 | #1,281 |
| 1966 | 65 | #1,351 |
| 1965 | 70 | #1,292 |
| 1964 | 64 | #1,405 |
| 1963 | 83 | #1,201 |
| 1962 | 65 | #1,376 |
| 1961 | 74 | #1,287 |
| 1960 | 61 | #1,404 |
| 1959 | 68 | #1,298 |
| 1958 | 60 | #1,363 |
| 1957 | 67 | #1,288 |
| 1956 | 65 | #1,286 |
| 1955 | 62 | #1,274 |
| 1954 | 70 | #1,196 |
| 1953 | 57 | #1,287 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 56 | #1,238 |
| 1950 | 59 | #1,199 |
| 1949 | 56 | #1,209 |
| 1948 | 63 | #1,123 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,269 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,438 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,355 |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,204 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,211 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,249 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,243 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,313 |
| 1939 | 41 | #1,132 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,160 |
| 1936 | 45 | #1,039 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,119 |
| 1934 | 46 | #1,019 |
| 1933 | 51 | #957 |
| 1932 | 52 | #979 |
| 1931 | 60 | #887 |
| 1930 | 76 | #810 |
| 1929 | 68 | #861 |
| 1928 | 91 | #742 |
| 1927 | 99 | #723 |
| 1926 | 105 | #708 |
| 1925 | 91 | #773 |
| 1924 | 135 | #643 |
| 1923 | 142 | #616 |
| 1922 | 121 | #659 |
| 1921 | 146 | #599 |
| 1920 | 177 | #532 |
| 1919 | 148 | #566 |
| 1918 | 144 | #592 |
| 1917 | 90 | #740 |
| 1916 | 70 | #810 |
| 1915 | 60 | #839 |
| 1914 | 43 | #888 |
| 1913 | 48 | #758 |
| 1912 | 40 | #786 |
| 1911 | 23 | #898 |
| 1910 | 23 | #896 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 19 | #912 |
| 1907 | 18 | #898 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,043 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,057 |
| 1904 | 17 | #880 |
| 1903 | 14 | #931 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,171 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
Names like Marcelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maxine Lucille Florence Beatrice Rose Estelle Marie Alice Elaine Constance June Louise
Names related to Marcelle
Marcelo Marcel Marcella Marcello Marcela Marcell Markell Markel
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marcelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marcelle, updated 20 October 2026.