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How popular is the name Marcel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Marcels are alive today.
Marcel (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 556th in 2025 with 70 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2015, when 252 babies were given the name, the 223rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2015; the 2025 figure is roughly 28% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Marcel you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Marcels born in England and Wales are between 8 and 16, and there are at least 3,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Marcel.
How many babies are named Marcel each year?
Where does Marcel rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Marcel most popular?
Marcel peaked in 2015, when 252 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Marcel?
At least 3,500 people named Marcel born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Marcel?
Most living Marcels are between 8 and 16; the most common age is about 11.
Is Marcel becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2015 peak.