Marcellus
Boy · Latin
Marcellus is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 1,054th for boys in the US (208 babies).
What does Marcellus mean?
Latin
A male given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Marcellus a girl's or a boy's name?
Marcellus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 208 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marcellus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Marcellus, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Marcellus than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Marcellus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Marcellus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Marcellus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,054among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 208about 1 in 8,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 208 boys in the US were named Marcellus, making it the 1,054th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 741st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 351 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Marcellus than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Marcellus in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marcellus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 208 | #1,054 |
| 2024 | 241 | #950 |
| 2023 | 271 | #868 |
| 2022 | 332 | #760 |
| 2021 | 351 | #732 |
| 2020 | 329 | #741 |
| 2019 | 234 | #930 |
| 2018 | 218 | #952 |
| 2017 | 181 | #1,081 |
| 2016 | 154 | #1,219 |
| 2015 | 147 | #1,239 |
| 2014 | 126 | #1,355 |
| 2013 | 80 | #1,793 |
| 2012 | 85 | #1,755 |
| 2011 | 87 | #1,703 |
| 2010 | 91 | #1,687 |
| 2009 | 99 | #1,603 |
| 2008 | 106 | #1,523 |
| 2007 | 92 | #1,658 |
| 2006 | 96 | #1,543 |
| 2005 | 106 | #1,401 |
| 2004 | 93 | #1,465 |
| 2003 | 114 | #1,261 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,343 |
| 2001 | 117 | #1,169 |
| 2000 | 114 | #1,186 |
| 1999 | 91 | #1,317 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,298 |
| 1997 | 110 | #1,131 |
| 1996 | 101 | #1,160 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,168 |
| 1994 | 110 | #1,059 |
| 1993 | 117 | #1,011 |
| 1992 | 104 | #1,074 |
| 1991 | 104 | #1,057 |
| 1990 | 107 | #1,019 |
| 1989 | 83 | #1,158 |
| 1988 | 77 | #1,142 |
| 1987 | 93 | #981 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,126 |
| 1985 | 65 | #1,157 |
| 1984 | 84 | #967 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,253 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 64 | #1,143 |
| 1980 | 47 | #1,378 |
| 1979 | 68 | #1,077 |
| 1978 | 65 | #1,079 |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,054 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,100 |
| 1975 | 93 | #861 |
| 1974 | 73 | #953 |
| 1973 | 78 | #904 |
| 1972 | 96 | #815 |
| 1971 | 121 | #742 |
| 1970 | 98 | #818 |
| 1969 | 86 | #831 |
| 1968 | 84 | #809 |
| 1967 | 71 | #848 |
| 1966 | 59 | #941 |
| 1965 | 60 | #948 |
| 1964 | 68 | #921 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,237 |
| 1962 | 50 | #1,081 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,178 |
| 1960 | 50 | #1,097 |
| 1959 | 31 | #1,415 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,304 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,233 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,156 |
| 1955 | 52 | #1,046 |
| 1954 | 65 | #917 |
| 1953 | 41 | #1,154 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,026 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,216 |
| 1947 | 39 | #1,158 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,295 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,367 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,119 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,276 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,334 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 1938 | 34 | #1,109 |
| 1937 | 37 | #1,056 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,142 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 1934 | 39 | #1,038 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,157 |
| 1931 | 50 | #910 |
| 1930 | 49 | #967 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,010 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,057 |
| 1927 | 50 | #990 |
| 1926 | 45 | #1,034 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,022 |
| 1924 | 57 | #925 |
| 1923 | 59 | #882 |
| 1922 | 60 | #891 |
| 1921 | 53 | #962 |
| 1920 | 66 | #826 |
| 1919 | 50 | #949 |
| 1918 | 56 | #889 |
| 1917 | 53 | #876 |
| 1916 | 69 | #724 |
| 1915 | 55 | #823 |
| 1914 | 42 | #819 |
| 1913 | 29 | #914 |
| 1912 | 24 | #918 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 17 | #729 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 12 | #779 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 14 | #640 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 14 | #612 |
| 1903 | 14 | #595 |
| 1902 | 16 | #536 |
| 1901 | 9 | #727 |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 12 | #549 |
| 1888 | 9 | #704 |
| 1887 | 9 | #631 |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
| 1885 | 11 | #577 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 |
| 1880 | 11 | #571 |
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