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Marcelino

Marcelino means "Spanish/Italian form of Marcellinus" and comes from Spanish, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2000s. In the current registry, it is a real rarity. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

SpanishSpanish/Italian form of Marcellinus
EtymologyMeaning "dedicated to Mars"
Births by decade
1900s
15
1910s
196
1920s
447
1930s
431
1940s
399
1950s
471
1960s
590
1970s
682
1980s
776
1990s
954
2000s
1,036
2010s
699
Peaked in the 2000s · 6,696 total U.S. births since 1900