Marcellous
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mar-SEL-us
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Marcellous is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Marcellous mean?
Latin: variant of Marcellus, a diminutive of Marcus
The Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus captured Syracuse in 212 BC.
Is Marcellous a girl's or a boy's name?
Marcellous is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marcellous in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Marcellous, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Marcellous in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marcellous in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,870 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Nicknames for Marcellous
Names like Marcellous
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marcus Marcelo Marco Mauricio Maximo Sergio Lorenzo Mario Santino Joshua Pablo Miguel
Names related to Marcellous
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Marcellous: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marcellous, updated 20 October 2026.