girls:
73 births since 1956
#5643 (1st percentile)
boys:
56 births since 1916
#4530 (1st percentile)
overall:
129 births since 1916
#7610 (2nd percentile)
The name Marchel is the #7,610 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 129 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 1.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,643 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 73 births since 1956. For boys, it ranks #4,530 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 56 births since 1916.
Marchel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1956 for girls). Birth data for Marchel is available in 21 out of the 57 years between 1916 and 1972 (11 years for girls and 10 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Marchel has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (56.6% of all recorded births). In 1972, 100.0% of babies named Marchel were girls. Interestingly, until around 1956, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1916 to 1955), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1956 to 1972).
For girls, Marchel reached its peak popularity in 1967, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #731) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1967, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1972.
For boys, Marchel reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #522) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1916, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1938.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marchel".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Marchel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.3% confident that Marchel is pronounced as mahr-SHEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-chuhl, at 28.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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