How popular is “Marcellus” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marcellus” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Marcellus” 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 “Marcellus” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Marcellus” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marcellus” 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
1880	11	0.000054595		11	-100%
1881	8	0.000041518		8	-100%
1882	6	0.000027084		6	-100%
1883	5	0.000023047		5	-100%
1884	11	0.000045182		11	-100%
1885	11	0.000045671		11	-100%
1886	9	0.00003525		9	-100%
1887	9	0.00003638		9	-100%
1888	9	0.000030053		9	-100%
1889	12	0.00004153		12	-100%
1890	7	0.000023225		7	-100%
1891	7	0.000024418		7	-100%
1892	7	0.000020935		7	-100%
1893	9	0.000027673		9	-100%
1894	10	0.000029526		10	-100%
1896	8	0.000022379		8	-100%
1897	9	0.00002594		9	-100%
1899	9	0.00002653		9	-100%
1900	11	0.00002443		11	-100%
1901	9	0.000026026		9	-100%
1902	16	0.000041372		16	-100%
1903	14	0.000036726		14	-100%
1904	14	0.000034698		14	-100%
1906	14	0.000032676		14	-100%
1907	7	0.000015041		7	-100%
1908	12	0.000024558		12	-100%
1909	11	0.000021517		11	-100%
1910	17	0.000028779		17	-100%
1911	15	0.000023282		15	-100%
1912	24	0.00002429		24	-100%
1913	29	0.000025503		29	-100%
1914	42	0.000029654		42	-100%
1915	55	0.000030015		55	-100%
1916	69	0.00003567		69	-100%
1917	53	0.000026411		53	-100%
1918	56	0.000025793		56	-100%
1919	50	0.000023694		50	-100%
1920	66	0.000029169		66	-100%
1921	53	0.000022703		53	-100%
1922	60	0.000026211		60	-100%
1923	59	0.000025625		59	-100%
1924	57	0.000023933		57	-100%
1925	45	0.000019286		45	-100%
1926	45	0.0000196		45	-100%
1927	50	0.000021558		50	-100%
1928	43	0.000019019		43	-100%
1929	45	0.000020528		45	-100%
1930	49	0.000022039		49	-100%
1931	50	0.00002376		50	-100%
1932	34	0.000016104		34	-100%
1933	24	0.000012003		24	-100%
1934	39	0.000018779		39	-100%
1935	32	0.000015312		32	-100%
1936	33	0.000015884		33	-100%
1937	37	0.000017365		37	-100%
1938	34	0.000015367		34	-100%
1939	27	0.000012254		27	-100%
1940	25	0.000010857		25	-100%
1941	27	0.000011082		27	-100%
1942	37	0.000013544		37	-100%
1943	26	0.000009211		26	-100%
1944	25	0.000009293		25	-100%
1945	26	0.000009801		26	-100%
1946	40	0.000012518		40	-100%
1947	39	0.000010826		39	-100%
1948	35	0.000010138		35	-100%
1949	46	0.0000132		46	-100%
1950	21	0.000005994		21	-100%
1951	37	0.000010044		37	-100%
1952	49	0.000012902		49	-100%
1953	41	0.000010639		41	-100%
1954	65	0.000016329		65	-100%
1955	52	0.000012951		52	-100%
1956	43	0.000010429		43	-100%
1957	40	0.000009519		40	-100%
1958	35	0.000008467		35	-100%
1959	31	0.000007456		31	-100%
1960	50	0.000012037		50	-100%
1961	45	0.000010864		45	-100%
1962	50	0.00001239		50	-100%
1963	39	0.000009853		39	-100%
1964	68	0.000017491		68	-100%
1965	59	0.000016274		59	-100%
1966	60	0.000017263		60	-100%
1967	71	0.000020914		71	-100%
1968	84	0.000024864		84	-100%
1969	86	0.000024746		86	-100%
1970	103	0.000028559	5	98	-90%
1971	121	0.000035253		121	-100%
1972	96	0.000030544		96	-100%
1973	78	0.000025854		78	-100%
1974	73	0.000024013		73	-100%
1975	93	0.000030801		93	-100%
1976	59	0.000019444		59	-100%
1977	67	0.000021092		67	-100%
1978	65	0.00002048		65	-100%
1979	68	0.000020439		68	-100%
1980	47	0.000013645		47	-100%
1981	64	0.0000185		64	-100%
1982	37	0.000010547		37	-100%
1983	54	0.000015592		54	-100%
1984	84	0.000024077		84	-100%
1985	65	0.000018212		65	-100%
1986	70	0.000019679		70	-100%
1987	93	0.000025793		93	-100%
1988	77	0.000020839		77	-100%
1989	83	0.00002159		83	-100%
1990	107	0.000027072		107	-100%
1991	104	0.000026699		104	-100%
1992	104	0.000027074		104	-100%
1993	117	0.000031032		117	-100%
1994	110	0.000029589		110	-100%
1995	97	0.000026487		97	-100%
1996	101	0.000027693		101	-100%
1997	110	0.000030339		110	-100%
1998	91	0.00002474		91	-100%
1999	91	0.000024635		91	-100%
2000	114	0.000030159		114	-100%
2001	117	0.000031255		117	-100%
2002	98	0.000026215		98	-100%
2003	114	0.000029982		114	-100%
2004	93	0.00002434		93	-100%
2005	106	0.000027569		106	-100%
2006	96	0.000024266		96	-100%
2007	92	0.000023013		92	-100%
2008	106	0.000026967		106	-100%
2009	99	0.000025915		99	-100%
2010	91	0.000024623		91	-100%
2011	87	0.000023785		87	-100%
2012	85	0.000023241		85	-100%
2013	80	0.000021944		80	-100%
2014	126	0.000033995		126	-100%
2015	147	0.00003972		147	-100%
2016	154	0.000041977		154	-100%
2017	181	0.000050612		181	-100%
2018	217	0.00006172		217	-100%
2019	234	0.000067417		234	-100%
2020	328	0.000098187		328	-100%
2021	351	0.000103603		351	-100%
2022	332	0.000098134		332	-100%
2023	271	0.000081844		271	-100%
2024	240	0.000072105		240	-100%

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