Marcel

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Marcel is an Occitan form of the Ancient Roman origin male given name Marcellus, which in Latin means "Belonging to Mars". The feminine counterpart of the name is Marcelle.

From Wikipedia

Marcel first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1970 with 2,399 babies (rank #3 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Marcel

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Marcel yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

38,128
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
2,399
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1955192#87
1956238#78
1957418#53
1958442#55
1959525#46
1960609#41
1961902#31
19621,093#24
19631,445#20
19641,682#12
19651,865#9
19662,009#9
19671,983#9
19682,126#6
19692,271#3
19702,399#3
19712,122#4
19721,765#6
19731,386#6
19741,269#6
19751,117#8
1976949#10
1977880#11
1978888#11
1979777#14
1980730#19
1981670#22
1982623#23
1983571#28
1984491#36
1985429#41
1986363#56
1987373#53
1988341#57
1989272#76
1990264#79
1991213#100
1992170#119
1993176#115
1994166#123
1995123#164
1996106#181
1997103#179
1998103#191
199969#267
200064#288
200158#296
200257#310
200337#395
200443#359
200522#515
200628#433
200720#512
200816#579
200923#458
201013#631
201113#630
20126#874
201311#661
20149#728