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How popular is “Marcel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marcel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Marcel” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Marcel” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Marcel” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Marcel” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Marcel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marcel” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 -100%
1911 20 0.000031043 20 -100%
1912 28 0.000028338 28 -100%
1913 44 0.000038695 44 -100%
1914 63 0.000044481 63 -100%
1915 97 0.000052935 7 90 -86%
1916 74 0.000038254 74 -100%
1917 104 0.000051825 104 -100%
1918 120 0.000055271 8 112 -87%
1919 110 0.000052127 10 100 -82%
1920 113 0.000049942 7 106 -88%
1921 116 0.000049689 15 101 -74%
1922 122 0.000053295 8 114 -87%
1923 155 0.000067319 10 145 -87%
1924 150 0.000062983 8 142 -89%
1925 153 0.000065572 5 148 -93%
1926 130 0.000056623 9 121 -86%
1927 149 0.000064242 7 142 -91%
1928 139 0.000061479 5 134 -93%
1929 133 0.000060671 5 128 -92%
1930 129 0.000058022 129 -100%
1931 122 0.000057974 9 113 -85%
1932 119 0.000056364 5 114 -92%
1933 79 0.000039511 79 -100%
1934 100 0.000048151 100 -100%
1935 70 0.000033494 70 -100%
1936 62 0.000029842 5 57 -84%
1937 69 0.000032384 69 -100%
1938 80 0.000036157 10 70 -75%
1939 84 0.000038122 8 76 -81%
1940 63 0.000027359 10 53 -68%
1941 59 0.000024216 59 -100%
1942 85 0.000031115 5 80 -88%
1943 89 0.000031532 6 83 -87%
1944 56 0.000020817 8 48 -71%
1945 81 0.000030533 6 75 -85%
1946 69 0.000021594 6 63 -83%
1947 104 0.00002887 6 98 -88%
1948 120 0.000034757 10 110 -83%
1949 94 0.000026974 6 88 -87%
1950 95 0.000027117 7 88 -85%
1951 115 0.000031218 19 96 -67%
1952 123 0.000032385 15 108 -76%
1953 120 0.000031139 12 108 -80%
1954 129 0.000032406 22 107 -66%
1955 101 0.000025155 18 83 -64%
1956 143 0.000034683 22 121 -69%
1957 130 0.000030937 24 106 -63%
1958 123 0.000029754 19 104 -69%
1959 126 0.000030303 12 114 -81%
1960 151 0.000036352 28 123 -63%
1961 149 0.00003597 31 118 -58%
1962 152 0.000037667 21 131 -72%
1963 152 0.000038401 29 123 -62%
1964 179 0.000046044 31 148 -65%
1965 193 0.000053235 27 166 -72%
1966 159 0.000045747 18 141 -77%
1967 187 0.000055083 23 164 -75%
1968 177 0.000052391 15 162 -83%
1969 197 0.000056685 22 175 -78%
1970 215 0.000059614 32 183 -70%
1971 203 0.000059143 24 179 -76%
1972 219 0.000069679 17 202 -84%
1973 202 0.000066956 17 185 -83%
1974 162 0.000053289 11 151 -86%
1975 197 0.000065245 14 183 -86%
1976 175 0.000057674 8 167 -91%
1977 185 0.00005824 12 173 -87%
1978 144 0.00004537 9 135 -88%
1979 180 0.000054103 20 160 -78%
1980 186 0.000053999 10 176 -89%
1981 184 0.000053189 8 176 -91%
1982 151 0.000043045 151 -100%
1983 212 0.000061213 6 206 -94%
1984 203 0.000058187 12 191 -88%
1985 213 0.000059679 12 201 -89%
1986 258 0.000072531 10 248 -92%
1987 243 0.000067395 10 233 -92%
1988 292 0.000079025 14 278 -90%
1989 284 0.000073873 5 279 -96%
1990 338 0.000085516 11 327 -93%
1991 298 0.000076503 6 292 -96%
1992 347 0.000090335 11 336 -94%
1993 272 0.000072143 10 262 -93%
1994 275 0.000073971 10 265 -93%
1995 258 0.00007045 5 253 -96%
1996 276 0.000075675 276 -100%
1997 256 0.000070606 6 250 -95%
1998 268 0.000072862 9 259 -93%
1999 280 0.000075801 7 273 -95%
2000 232 0.000061377 5 227 -96%
2001 220 0.00005877 6 214 -95%
2002 200 0.0000535 5 195 -95%
2003 232 0.000061015 5 227 -96%
2004 212 0.000055484 212 -100%
2005 243 0.000063202 5 238 -96%
2006 204 0.000051565 6 198 -94%
2007 248 0.000062036 248 -100%
2008 260 0.000066147 260 -100%
2009 239 0.000062563 5 234 -96%
2010 260 0.000070351 5 255 -96%
2011 256 0.000069988 256 -100%
2012 238 0.000065074 238 -100%
2013 275 0.000075432 275 -100%
2014 264 0.000071229 264 -100%
2015 313 0.000084574 5 308 -97%
2016 317 0.000086407 317 -100%
2017 315 0.000088082 315 -100%
2018 326 0.000092722 326 -100%
2019 310 0.000089313 310 -100%
2020 373 0.000111657 373 -100%
2021 387 0.000114228 387 -100%
2022 417 0.000123258 417 -100%
2023 341 0.000102984 341 -100%
2024 339 0.000101848 339 -100%

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  5. Marceille
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