Given name
Excel
“a competitive man”
Excel is a variant of Excell. One American interpretation is “a competitive man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Excel is a variant of Excell. One American interpretation is “a competitive man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Excel is a variant of Excell. An origin associated with Excell is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Excel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 54
- 29 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,606 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,606 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 202 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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