Marcelino
Marcelino is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 103 births. Its best rank was 831st, in 1929.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1030.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2006130 births
- Best rank
- #831in 1929
- Since 1888
- 7,372people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,372 boys have been named Marcelino in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 130 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 2000s alone account for 14%. It has spent 25 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Marcelino | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 15 | |
| 1910s | 196 | |
| 1920s | 447 | |
| 1930s | 431 | |
| 1940s | 399 | |
| 1950s | 471 | |
| 1960s | 591 | |
| 1970s | 681 | |
| 1980s | 776 | |
| 1990s | 954 | |
| 2000s | 1,036 | |
| 2010s | 869 | |
| 2020s | 496 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Marcelino was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Marcelino
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Linopeak 2003
- Ignaciopeak 2006
- Celsopeak 2006
- Demetriopeak 1999
- Pascualpeak 1993
- Reyespeak 1999
- Paulinopeak 1995
- Santospeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.