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Baby name
Marcel
Boy
Origin of the name
Marcel comes from the Latin Marcellus, a pet form of Marcus, generally linked to Mars, the god of war.
Classic name
20,131births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 659rank at its peak, in 2022
Where babies named Marcel are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Marcel is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Marcel is most common in Maine (7.3 times), Rhode Island (6.3) and New Hampshire (5.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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