Marzell
Marzell is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
- German
Meaning & Origin of Marzell
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marzell is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Marzell
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Marzell as a girl name dates back to 1918, when 5 babies received it. 1922 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Marzell — #2,612 in the national rankings. About 46% of every Marzell on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Marzell last appeared in the published SSA data in 1957, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 204 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Marzell first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1926, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1999: 11 births, good for #5,656 nationwide. Marzell last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 260 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Marzell
Marzell is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1926 and has accumulated 260 births in the dataset. Marzell's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #5,656. Use the chart and map above to compare Marzell'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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