Meaning and history
Marcellus is a Roman cognomen originally formed as a diminutive of Marcus; it was also the name of two popes.
20062006: 96 births, rank #1,543
2007: 92 births, rank #1,658
2008: 106 births, rank #1,523
2009: 99 births, rank #1,604
2010: 91 births, rank #1,687
20112011: 87 births, rank #1,703
2012: 85 births, rank #1,756
2013: 80 births, rank #1,794
2014: 126 births, rank #1,355
2015: 147 births, rank #1,239
20162016: 154 births, rank #1,219
2017: 181 births, rank #1,081
2018: 218 births, rank #952
2019: 234 births, rank #930
2020: 329 births, rank #741
20212021: 351 births, rank #732
2022: 332 births, rank #760
2023: 271 births, rank #868
2024: 241 births, rank #950
20252025: 208 births, rank #1,054
Marcellus moved from #870 to #951 for boys between 2023 and 2024. Its highest annual birth count came in 2021, with 351 births.