Marcelo

What Marcelo means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Marcelo yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #761 in 2015 to #398 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Marcelo?

US: Rising: up from #761 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1902 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 798 boys got the name (#398 that year). First in the US records in 1907.

How common

• About 1 in 2,140 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 38,848 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.23 per 1,000 boys), TX (1.17 per 1,000 boys), AZ (1.13 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Marcelo is #398 in the US and #2952 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Marcelo were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Marcello265 US · 8 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Marcelo

Boys

• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*
• Emilio#154Spanish and Italian, meaning “rival”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*

For a sister

• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Amara#98“eternal”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Marcelo’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.