# Marcelle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marcelle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,921 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 507 / 5,414 (91% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 12,945 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,893 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,745 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,667 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,569 |
| 2016 | 17 | 7,112 |
| 2017 | 14 | 8,128 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,990 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8,916 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,251 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,621 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,173 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10,074 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,790 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,729 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 12,640 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9,266 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,662 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,847 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,561 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,307 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,617 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,322 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,319 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,396 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,351 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,871 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,641 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,774 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,213 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |

## People named Marcelle

- Marcelle Meyer, French pianist (1897–1958)
- Marcelle Chantal, French actress (1898-1960)
- Marcelle Tinayre, French writer and journalist (1870–1948)
- Marcelle Lender, French dancer and singer (1861–1926)
- Marcelle Capy, French novelist, journalist, feminist and militant pacifist.
- Huguette Marcelle Clark, American philanthropist (1906-2011)
- Marcelle Cahn, French painter (1895–1981)
- Marcelle Ferron, Canadian artist (1924-2001)
- Marcelle Géniat, French actress (1881-1959)
- Marcelle Auclair, French writer (1899-1983)
- Marcelle Corday, Belgian-American actress (1890-1971)
- Marcelle Gauvreau, Canadian naturalist and teacher (1907-1968)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.