Marcel
Top 1000
About Marcel
Marcel, despite distinguished namesakes including Proust and Duchamp, suffers from a terminal headwaiter image in this country. But along with its sister name Marcella and French variation (and Jolie-Pitt pick) Marcheline, Marcel may be on the brink of a style renaissance.
French Oscar winner Marion Cotillard named her son Marcel in 2011.
Fans of the sitcom Friends will remember Marcel as the name of Ross's pet monkey.
Pronounced mar-SEL.
As of October 2026, Marcel ranked #731 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #500 in 1925, Nameberry popularity #480.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #848 | 264 | 137.4 |
| 2015 | #772 | 308 | 160.7 |
| 2016 | #766 | 317 | 167 |
| 2017 | #749 | 315 | 170.2 |
| 2018 | #732 | 326 | 179.5 |
| 2019 | #766 | 310 | 172.8 |
| 2020 | #686 | 373 | 216.1 |
| 2021 | #686 | 387 | 221.2 |
| 2022 | #659 | 417 | 238.8 |
| 2023 | #761 | 341 | 199.3 |
| 2024 | #753 | 339 | 196.8 |
| 2025 | #731 | 364 | 213.1 |
World rankings
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Marcel on lists
Famous Marcels
- Marcel Vigneron
American chef
- Marcel Marceau
French mime
- Marcel Theo Hall aka Biz Markie
American rapper
- Marcel
François Marie Joseph Lefebvre, French archbishop
- Marcel Xavier Jones
American football player
- Marcel Francois Chagnon
American singer
- Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan
French boxer
- Marcel Hossa
Slovakian ice hockey player
- Marcel Castenmiller
Canadian model
- Marcel "Bruno" Bigeard
decorated French officer in Indochina and Algeria
- Marcel Young (b. 1991)
son of rapper Dr. Dre and singer Michel'le
- Marcel Canet (b. 2011)
son of actress Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet
- (Henri
Robert,)Marcel Duchamp, French artist
- (Valentin Louis Georges Eugène) Marcel Proust
French novelist
- Marcel Kittel
German cyclist
- Marcel Titsch
Rivero, German footballer
Marcel in pop culture
- Marcel
capuchin monkey on TV's "Friends"
- "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
" animated YouTube video
- Marcel the marketing guy
character in "Best Song Ever" music video by band One Direction
- Marcellus "Marcel" Gerard
character on the "Vampire Diaries" and spinoff 'The Originals'
- Marcel
a character in video game "Animal Crossing"
- Marcel
a villain on anime "Yu,Gi,Oh! GX"