Marcel

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Marcel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Marcel: Recorded since 1950, it reached #148 in 2014, and it stood at #360 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
122times a registrar ranked it
76years from first to last
#148highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#694
1998	#644
1999	#596
2000	#568
2001	#728
2002	#691
2003	#731
2004	#667
2005	#535
2006	#528
2007	#409
2008	#314
2009	#272
2010	#262
2011	#284
2012	#253
2013	#256
2014	#232
2015	#223
2016	#249
2017	#250
2018	#221
2019	#273
2020	#317
2021	#265
2022	#371
2023	#360
2024	#475

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 57 of the 76 years from 1950 to 2025.

In 2025: #360 among boys in Norway, #372 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1950–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1950
First recorded at #383 among boys in Norway in 1950 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2025
Highest recorded position: #148 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2014 (recorded 2005–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #360 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Marcel appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 57 years beginning in 1950, and has registered 588 births with the name.

Marcel across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Marcel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#383 (1950)	#202 (2020)	#360 (2025)	57 of 76	588 (1950–2025)	24 (2014)
England and Wales · Boys	#976 (1996)	#221 (2018)	#475 (2024)	29 of 29	3,419 (1996–2024)	252 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#448 (2005)	#148 (2014)	#372 (2025)	21 of 21	507 (2005–2025)	48 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#357 (2007)	#234 (2018)	#272 (2023)	14 of 17	77 (2007–2023)	8 (2018)

Marcel by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Marcel in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	10	2 of 10	5
1960s	23	4 of 10	6
1970s	71	9 of 10	8
1980s	72	10 of 10	7
1990s	33	6 of 10	6
2000s	114	10 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	175	10 of 10	18
2020s	90	6 of 10	15

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Marcel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1950 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #148 in Republic of Ireland in 2014.

Marcel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#475	84	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#360	117	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#371	114	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#265	174	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#317	146	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#273	177	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#221	234	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#250	214	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#249	215	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#223	252	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#232	239	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#256	193	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#253	195	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#284	157	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#262	179	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#272	163	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#314	128	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#409	88	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#528	56	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#535	50	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#667	36	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#731	29	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#691	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#728	24	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#568	33	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#596	30	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#644	27	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#694	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#288	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#271	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#245	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#360	9	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#368	9	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#279	15	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#263	15	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#211	21	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#202	21	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#252	18	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#243	20	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#276	17	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#281	17	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#262	19	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#219	24	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#310	14	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#266	18	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#302	14	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#316	14	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#313	15	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#281	16	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#288	15	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#378	9	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#325	11	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#336	10	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#297	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#298	12	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#507	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#401	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#565	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#576	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#579	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#451	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#472	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#468	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#545	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#519	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#368	12	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#627	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#395	11	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#591	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#595	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#631	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#505	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#388	11	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#537	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#453	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#475	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#401	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#401	10	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#467	8	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#390	10	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#479	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#561	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#423	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#466	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#503	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#539	4	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#390	6	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#383	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	21	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	22	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#195	29	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#153	39	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	28	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	23	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	44	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	40	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#182	35	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	45	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	48	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	32	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	33	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	14	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1950 and 2025, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #148, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 252 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 74 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Maram · #871, 25y
Marc · #73, 61y
Marcela · #790, 15y
Marcelina · #395, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Nicolas · #148, 53y
Stanislaw · #151, 60y
Norah · #135, 62y
Leila · #132, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Nicolas · #148, 53y
Abdullah · #146, 65y
Mohamad · #146, 70y
Jolanta · #151, 39y

Marcel was ranked #148 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Marcel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Marcel without appearing here.

Marcel moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2003 they stood at #731 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #667 and #1347.
Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #644 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #596 and #1082.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #582 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #372 and #829.
Brent Compare
In 1998 they stood at #644 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #596 and #1027.

Moved ahead of Marcel

Kasper Compare
In 1985 they stood at #395 and #443 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #627 and #295.
Noah Compare
In 1996 they stood at #472 and #560 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #579 and #274.
Ulrik Compare
In 1987 they stood at #368 and #373 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #519 and #245.
Jonas Compare
In 1965 they stood at #390 and #427 in Norway · Boys; by 1966 that had become #539 and #277.

Moved the opposite way to Marcel

Stig Compare
Between 1950 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Marcel went from #383 to #211 while Stig went from #107 to #493.
Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marcel went from #976 to #475 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marcel went from #976 to #475 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marcel went from #976 to #475 while Alan went from #163 to #592.

Moved the same way as Marcel

Liam Compare
Between 1982 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marcel went from #631 to #360 and Liam from #586 to #7.
Nathan Compare
Between 1982 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marcel went from #631 to #360 and Nathan from #633 to #344.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marcel went from #976 to #475 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marcel went from #976 to #475 and Alfie from #119 to #16.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1950 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #148 in Republic of Ireland in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marcel

Marcel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marcel across 4 official records

Marcel by decade in Norway · Boys

Marcel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Marcel and the names beside it

Marcel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Marcel

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Marcel at a glance

Marcel across 4 official records

Marcel by decade in Norway · Boys

Marcel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Marcel

Marcel and the names beside it

Marcel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Marcel

Moved the opposite way to Marcel

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