Marcelus
Boy · Latin
Marcelus is a boys' name of Latin origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Marcelus mean?
Latin: spelling of Marcellus
A male given name from Latin.
Meaning borrowed from Marcellus. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Marcelus a girl's or a boy's name?
Marcelus is a boys' name.
How popular is Marcelus in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Marcelus in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marcelus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
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