# Marcelo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marcelo/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,231 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,231 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 172, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 263 | 827 |
| 2012 | 284 | 796 |
| 2013 | 270 | 812 |
| 2014 | 319 | 744 |
| 2015 | 313 | 763 |
| 2016 | 317 | 767 |
| 2017 | 463 | 588 |
| 2018 | 440 | 614 |
| 2019 | 483 | 577 |
| 2020 | 418 | 642 |
| 2021 | 478 | 584 |
| 2022 | 545 | 543 |
| 2023 | 566 | 522 |
| 2024 | 710 | 444 |
| 2025 | 798 | 399 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Marcelo

- Marcelo Vieira, Brazilian association football player
- Marcelo Brozović, Croatian association football player
- Marcelo Bielsa, Argentinian football manager (born 1955)
- Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player
- Marcelo Martins Moreno, Bolivian association football player
- Marcelo Díaz, Chilean footballer
- Marcelo Gallardo, Argentine footballer and manager
- Marcelo Melo, Brazilian tennis player (born 1983)
- Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Argentine politician, former president of Argentina (1868-1942)
- Marcelo Antônio Guedes Filho, Brazilian association football player
- Marcelo Mattos, Brazilian association football player
- Marcelo Bordon, Brazilian footballer

## 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.