Marcellus is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2021 and remains in steady use.
Marcellus is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,054 for boy births in the United States (and #2,151 across all names), given to 208 babies. Marcellus first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2021 (351 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 208 | 208 | — | #1,054 |
| 2024 | 241 | 241 | — | #951 |
| 2023 | 271 | 271 | — | #870 |
| 2022 | 332 | 332 | — | #763 |
| 2021 | 351 | 351 | — | #732 |
| 2020 | 329 | 329 | — | #741 |
| 2019 | 234 | 234 | — | #934 |
| 2018 | 218 | 218 | — | #953 |
| 2017 | 181 | 181 | — | #1,084 |
| 2016 | 154 | 154 | — | #1,220 |
| 2015 | 147 | 147 | — | #1,243 |
| 2014 | 126 | 126 | — | #1,358 |
| 2013 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,805 |
| 2012 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,768 |
| 2011 | 87 | 87 | — | #1,713 |
| 2010 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,695 |
| 2009 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,613 |
| 2008 | 106 | 106 | — | #1,529 |
| 2007 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,664 |
| 2006 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,547 |
| 2005 | 106 | 106 | — | #1,407 |
| 2004 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,473 |
| 2003 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,265 |
| 2002 | 98 | 98 | — | #1,352 |
| 2001 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,177 |
| 2000 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,193 |
| 1999 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,326 |
| 1998 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,311 |
| 1997 | 110 | — | — | #1,138 |
| 1996 | 101 | — | — | #1,164 |
| 1995 | 97 | — | — | #1,178 |
| 1994 | 110 | — | — | #1,067 |
| 1993 | 117 | — | — | #1,022 |
| 1992 | 104 | — | — | #1,082 |
| 1991 | 104 | — | — | #1,068 |
| 1990 | 107 | — | — | #1,024 |
| 1989 | 83 | — | — | #1,165 |
| 1988 | 77 | — | — | #1,152 |
| 1987 | 93 | — | — | #985 |
| 1986 | 70 | — | — | #1,131 |
| 1985 | 65 | — | — | #1,164 |
| 1984 | 84 | — | — | #974 |
| 1983 | 54 | — | — | #1,261 |
| 1982 | 37 | — | — | #1,635 |
| 1981 | 64 | — | — | #1,149 |
| 1980 | 47 | — | — | #1,386 |
| 1979 | 68 | — | — | #1,084 |
| 1978 | 65 | — | — | #1,084 |
| 1977 | 67 | — | — | #1,059 |
| 1976 | 59 | — | — | #1,108 |
| 1975 | 93 | — | — | #865 |
| 1974 | 73 | — | — | #960 |
| 1973 | 78 | — | — | #909 |
| 1972 | 96 | — | — | #821 |
| 1971 | 121 | — | — | #744 |
| 1970 | 103 | — | #8,787 | #821 |
| 1969 | 86 | — | — | #831 |
| 1968 | 84 | — | — | #810 |
| 1967 | 71 | — | — | #854 |
| 1966 | 59 | — | — | #947 |
| 1965 | 60 | — | — | #952 |
| 1964 | 68 | — | — | #924 |
| 1963 | 39 | — | — | #1,248 |
| 1962 | 50 | — | — | #1,087 |
| 1961 | 45 | — | — | #1,193 |
| 1960 | 50 | — | — | #1,109 |
| 1959 | 31 | — | — | #1,428 |
| 1958 | 35 | — | — | #1,314 |
| 1957 | 40 | — | — | #1,239 |
| 1956 | 43 | — | — | #1,165 |
| 1955 | 52 | — | — | #1,052 |
| 1954 | 65 | — | — | #926 |
| 1953 | 41 | — | — | #1,163 |
| 1952 | 49 | — | — | #1,040 |
| 1951 | 37 | — | — | #1,210 |
| 1950 | 21 | — | — | #1,641 |
| 1949 | 46 | — | — | #1,043 |
| 1948 | 35 | — | — | #1,227 |
| 1947 | 39 | — | — | #1,171 |
| 1946 | 40 | — | — | #1,108 |
| 1945 | 26 | — | — | #1,317 |
| 1944 | 25 | — | — | #1,352 |
| 1943 | 26 | — | — | #1,389 |
| 1942 | 37 | — | — | #1,133 |
| 1941 | 27 | — | — | #1,290 |
| 1940 | 25 | — | — | #1,354 |
| 1939 | 27 | — | — | #1,292 |
| 1938 | 34 | — | — | #1,122 |
| 1937 | 37 | — | — | #1,066 |
| 1936 | 33 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1935 | 32 | — | — | #1,181 |
| 1934 | 39 | — | — | #1,052 |
| 1933 | 24 | — | — | #1,391 |
| 1932 | 34 | — | — | #1,167 |
| 1931 | 50 | — | — | #917 |
| 1930 | 49 | — | — | #971 |
| 1929 | 45 | — | — | #1,020 |
| 1928 | 43 | — | — | #1,072 |
| 1927 | 50 | — | — | #995 |
| 1926 | 45 | — | — | #1,046 |
| 1925 | 45 | — | — | #1,035 |
| 1924 | 57 | — | — | #931 |
| 1923 | 59 | — | — | #888 |
| 1922 | 60 | — | — | #899 |
| 1921 | 53 | — | — | #965 |
| 1920 | 66 | — | — | #831 |
| 1919 | 50 | — | — | #955 |
| 1918 | 56 | — | — | #891 |
| 1917 | 53 | — | — | #881 |
| 1916 | 69 | — | — | #730 |
| 1915 | 55 | — | — | #830 |
| 1914 | 42 | — | — | #832 |
| 1913 | 29 | — | — | #925 |
| 1912 | 24 | — | — | #929 |
| 1911 | 15 | — | — | #881 |
| 1910 | 17 | — | — | #746 |
| 1909 | 11 | — | — | #935 |
| 1908 | 12 | — | — | #810 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | — | #1,162 |
| 1906 | 14 | — | — | #667 |
| 1904 | 14 | — | — | #634 |
| 1903 | 14 | — | — | #606 |
| 1902 | 16 | — | — | #548 |
| 1901 | 9 | — | — | #758 |
| 1900 | 11 | — | — | #825 |
| 1899 | 9 | — | — | #762 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | — | #765 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | — | #870 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | — | #708 |
| 1893 | 9 | — | — | #741 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | — | #918 |
| 1891 | 7 | — | — | #815 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | — | #852 |
| 1889 | 12 | — | — | #571 |
| 1888 | 9 | — | — | #738 |
| 1887 | 9 | — | — | #663 |
| 1886 | 9 | — | — | #677 |
| 1885 | 11 | — | — | #592 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | — | #591 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | — | #996 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | — | #909 |
| 1881 | 8 | — | — | #683 |
| 1880 | 11 | — | — | #591 |