Marsh

Last seen for girls in 1962 at #6,578 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 97.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1882 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
403
since 1882

Marsh over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Marsh has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #754, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#7,76510
2023#8,2559
2022#12,3305
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1994#8,8005
1993
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1989#7,9055
1988
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1981
1980#6,2505
1979
1978
1977#5,8455
1976
1975#3,9418
1974
1973#3,22310
1972
1971
1970#4,7245
1969
1968#3,1078
1967#2,9858
1966
1965#3,9305
1964#3,0508
1963
1962#6,5785#3,0418
1961
1960
1959#3,0378
1958#3,2757
1957#2,8229
1956#2,26313
1955#2,7649
1954#5,1486#2,7439
1953#2,53110
1952#2,37611
1951#3,0667
1950#3,6815
1949
1948#3,0107
1947
1946#3,5255
1945#2,9966
1944
1943#2,9647
1942#3,5605
1941#2,6568
1940
1939#2,28810
1938#1,97613
1937
1936#3,5495
1935
1934#2,9737
1933#3,2686
1932#2,8498
1931
1930#3,5926
1929#3,9595
1928#2,65910
1927#2,70310
1926
1925#4,1975
1924#3,0239
1923#3,8226
1922#3,2528
1921#4,3225
1920#3,2088
1919#3,3917
1918#4,1795
1917
1916#2,25912
1915
1914#2,9156
1913#2,8215
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1911
1910#1,5895
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1882#7547
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Marsh! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Marsh
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 4,243 spots since 2024 (#7,765#12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #754 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,241
  • Highest: 1 in 16,241 boys born in 1882 were named Marsh (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 21.8% of all boys named Marsh (88) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#754 (1882)#754
1890s0
1900s0
1910s40#1,589 (1910)#2,859
1920s66#2,659 (1928)#3,461
1930s55#1,976 (1938)#2,928
1940s38#2,656 (1941)#3,119
1950s88#2,263 (1956)#2,856
1960s37#2,985 (1967)#3,223
1970s28#3,223 (1973)#4,433
1980s10#6,250 (1980)#7,078
1990s5#8,800 (1994)#8,800
2000s0
2010s0
2020s29#7,765 (2024)#10,090

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Marsh in 1882

boys
#754
7 births · 1 in 16,241 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #754Marsh7
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 16,241 of them was named Marsh, which outranked 31.4% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marsh
  1. #691Willam8
  2. #691Willian8
  3. #691Wylie8
  4. #754Marsh7
  5. #754Adolfo7
  6. #754Alanzo7
  7. #754Albion7
  8. #837Addie6
  9. #837Alan6
  10. #837Alberto6

Tied with 82 names at #754; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 467Clarance#866#399
  2. 429Webster#866#437
  3. 365Neil#781#416
  4. 352Cliff#866#514
  5. 352Elmore#866#514
Fallers
  1. 501Verne#442#943
  2. 483Newell#460#943
  3. 456Merritt#487#943
  4. 440Solon#503#943
  5. 395Almon#442#837

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882