Masculine dossier · first seen 1915

Marcellous

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Marcellous
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1993

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1915Peak 19932024

Peak year

1993

Decline from peak

63.9%

2024

All-time

1,049

Marcellous has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1993, when 36 boys were named Marcellous.

In 2024, only 13 boys were given the name.

Down 63.9% from its peak.

All told, about 1,049 Americans have been named Marcellous and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1915.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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