Marcel
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Marcel is also given to girls.
Pronounced mar-SEL.
As of October 2026, Marcel ranked #731 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #500 in 1925, Nameberry popularity #480.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #848 | 264 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #772 | 308 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #766 | 317 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #749 | 315 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #732 | 326 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #766 | 310 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #686 | 373 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #686 | 387 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #659 | 417 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #761 | 341 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #753 | 339 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #731 | 364 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Marcel on lists
Famous Marcels
- Marcel VigneronBoy
American chef
- Marcel MarceauBoy
French mime
- Marcel Theo Hall aka Biz MarkieBoy
American rapper
- MarcelBoy
François Marie Joseph Lefebvre, French archbishop
- Marcel Xavier JonesBoy
American football player
- Marcel Francois ChagnonBoy
American singer
- Marcellin "Marcel" CerdanBoy
French boxer
- Marcel HossaBoy
Slovakian ice hockey player
- Marcel CastenmillerBoy
Canadian model
- Marcel "Bruno" BigeardBoy
decorated French officer in Indochina and Algeria
- Marcel Young (b. 1991)Boy
son of rapper Dr. Dre and singer Michel'le
- Marcel Canet (b. 2011)Boy
son of actress Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet
- (HenriBoy
Robert,)Marcel Duchamp, French artist
- (Valentin Louis Georges Eugène) Marcel ProustBoy
French novelist
- Marcel KittelBoy
German cyclist
- Marcel TitschBoy
Rivero, German footballer
Marcel in pop culture
- MarcelBoy
capuchin monkey on TV's "Friends"
- "Marcel the Shell with Shoes OnBoy
" animated YouTube video
- Marcel the marketing guyBoy
character in "Best Song Ever" music video by band One Direction
- Marcellus "Marcel" GerardBoy
character on the "Vampire Diaries" and spinoff 'The Originals'
- MarcelBoy
a character in video game "Animal Crossing"
- MarcelBoy
a villain on anime "Yu,Gi,Oh! GX"