Marcellus
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Marcellus
This ancient Roman family name, first borne by the distinguished Marcus Claudius Marcellus and later by two popes, is a possibilty in the hot new category of names from antiquity.
Marcellus is also given to girls.
Pronounced mar-SEL-us.
As of October 2026, Marcellus ranked #8787 in US births in 1970 SSA.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,358 | 126 | 65.6 |
| 2015 | #1,243 | 147 | 76.7 |
| 2016 | #1,220 | 154 | 81.1 |
| 2017 | #1,084 | 181 | 97.8 |
| 2018 | #956 | 217 | 119.5 |
| 2019 | #934 | 234 | 130.4 |
| 2020 | #742 | 328 | 190 |
| 2021 | #732 | 351 | 200.6 |
| 2022 | #761 | 332 | 190.1 |
| 2023 | #870 | 271 | 158.4 |
| 2024 | #948 | 240 | 139.3 |
| 2025 | #1,054 | 208 | 121.8 |
World rankings
Marcellus for boys
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Marcellus on lists
Famous Marcelluss
- Saint Marcellus of TangierBoy
3rd century Roman martyr
- Marcellus I and IIBoy
popes
- Marcus Claudius MarcellusBoy
several Roman statesmen and generals
- Marcellus EmpiricusBoy
5th century Gaulish medical writer
- Marcellus Vernon WileyBoy
American football player
- Marcellus HallBoy
American musician and illustrator
- Marcellus McCarver aka Celly CelBoy
American rapper
- Marcellus Ephraim JonesBoy
American soldier who fired the first shot at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Marcellus CoffermansBoy
Flemish painter
- Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.Boy
birth name of Muhammad Ali, American boxer
Marcellus in pop culture
- Marcellus WallisBoy
character in movie "Pulp Fiction"
- Marcellus ShaleBoy
controversial underground source of natural gas that is at the center of the hydraulic fracturing debate
- Marcellus GallioBoy
Roman tribune of the 1953 movie, "The Robe" played by Richard Burton
- Marcellus "Marcel" GerardBoy
character in TV's "The Originals"
- MarcellusBoy
minor characters in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and "Julius Caesar"
- Marcellus WashburnBoy
character in The Music Man