Marcial
Marcial is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199145 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1911
- 1,993people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,993 boys have been named Marcial in the United States since 1911, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 45 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 17%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Marcial | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | |
| 1920s | 91 | |
| 1930s | 56 | |
| 1940s | 99 | |
| 1950s | 162 | |
| 1960s | 174 | |
| 1970s | 231 | |
| 1980s | 336 | |
| 1990s | 326 | |
| 2000s | 264 | |
| 2010s | 172 | |
| 2020s | 71 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Marcial was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Marcial
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mariopeak 1980
- Raulpeak 2000
- Rodolfopeak 1981
- Gilbertopeak 1993
- Ernestopeak 2003
- Robertopeak 1991
- Alfredopeak 1993
- Arturopeak 2005
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.