Marceau
Marceau is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Marceau
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marceau is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Marceau
Marceau first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2016, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 11 births, good for #7,224 nationwide. The 2020s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 66% of all recorded Marceaus. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (11 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 41 Marceaus have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Marceau
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About the name Marceau
Marceau is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2016 and has accumulated 41 births in the dataset. Marceau's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #7,224. Use the chart and map above to compare Marceau's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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