How Many People Are Named Marcelo?
people named Marcelo are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 27,785 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,231 babies named Marcelo in Social Security records from 1907 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
798 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish and Portuguese form of MARCELLUS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Marcelo in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marcelo alive today is about 18 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marcelo first appears in the records in 1907, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 798 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1907 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marcelo has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #399, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #399.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #399 |
| Best rank | #399 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #512 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marcelo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marcelo were born in California than in any other state: about 2,809 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marcelo was given 2.8 times as often in Texas, 2.1 times in California and 2 times in Florida.
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