Boy
Marcel
As a boy's name, Marcel is understood to mean "dedicated to Mars". It settled in after its 1990s peak and has held its ground ever since. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 18,217 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
FrenchFrench, from Latin "Marcellus"
EtymologyMeaning "dedicated to Mars"
Births by decade
1900s
62
1910s
671
1920s
1,360
1930s
913
1940s
820
1950s
1,204
1960s
1,695
1970s
1,881
1980s
2,226
1990s
2,868
2000s
2,289
2010s
2,228
Peaked in the 1990s · 18,217 total U.S. births since 1900