Marsha
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #6,426
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1950 · 5,400 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 9 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 104,191since 1908
Marsha over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,574 | 25 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,034 | 33 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,283 | 42 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,316 | 41 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,271 | 41 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,368 | 62 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,188 | 65 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,259 | 60 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,792 | 82 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,955 | 70 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,663 | 90 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,485 | 107 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,274 | 134 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,039 | 176 | — | |
| 1990 | #957 | 196 | — | |
| 1989 | #937 | 191 | — | |
| 1988 | #866 | 204 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #722 | 250 | — | |
| 1986 | #739 | 240 | — | |
| 1985 | #662 | 273 | — | |
| 1984 | #546 | 347 | — | |
| 1983 | #499 | 389 | — | |
| 1982 | #436 | 497 | — | |
| 1981 | #403 | 559 | — | |
| 1980 | #397 | 572 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #336 | 703 | — | |
| 1978 | #287 | 810 | — | |
| 1977 | #280 | 855 | — | |
| 1976 | #263 | 904 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #246 | 1,006 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #231 | 1,106 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #222 | 1,134 | — | |
| 1972 | #228 | 1,210 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #227 | 1,305 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #225 | 1,382 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #256 | 1,146 | — | |
| 1968 | #244 | 1,128 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #222 | 1,317 | — | |
| 1966 | #232 | 1,306 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #214 | 1,539 | — | |
| 1964 | #204 | 1,782 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #191 | 1,952 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #182 | 2,072 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #179 | 2,161 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #178 | 2,242 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #163 | 2,469 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #158 | 2,501 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #144 | 2,925 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #129 | 3,328 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #106 | 4,061 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #86 | 4,966 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #83 | 5,131 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #75 | 5,583 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #76 | 5,188 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #68 | 5,400 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #79 | 4,611 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #76 | 4,725 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #88 | 4,339 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #98 | 3,611 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #113 | 2,424 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #111 | 2,399 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #132 | 2,100 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #156 | 1,570 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #203 | 895 | — | |
| 1940 | #229 | 740 | — | |
| 1939 | #262 | 557 | — | |
| 1938 | #254 | 619 | — | |
| 1937 | #261 | 561 | — | |
| 1936 | #348 | 328 | — | |
| 1935 | #536 | 143 | — | |
| 1934 | #739 | 81 | — | |
| 1933 | #769 | 73 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,015 | 48 | — | |
| 1931 | #899 | 59 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,084 | 46 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,212 | 38 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,271 | 36 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,404 | 33 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,279 | 37 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,272 | 38 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,520 | 29 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,611 | 27 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Marsha! It came in at #1,862, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1910, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Marsha
- 559 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #7,491)
- 862 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #7,491)
- 1,039 spots since 2015 (#6,452 → #7,491)
- Biggest jump: 246 spots in 1933 (#1,015 → #769)
- Biggest drop: 144 spots in 1988 (#722 → #866)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1950 at #68 (5,400 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 9 yrs · run 1946–1954
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1933–1990
- Highest: 1 in 317 girls born in 1950 were named Marsha (0.32%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 39.9% of all girls named Marsha (41,552) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,862 (1908) | #1,862 |
| 1910s | 125 | #1,690 (1918) | #2,043 |
| 1920s | 304 | #1,212 (1929) | #1,518 |
| 1930s | 2,515 | #254 (1938) | #617 |
| 1940s | 27,414 | #76 (1948) | #129 |
| 1950s | 41,552 | #68 (1950) | #109 |
| 1960s | 16,645 | #178 (1960) | #210 |
| 1970s | 10,415 | #222 (1973) | #255 |
| 1980s | 3,522 | #397 (1980) | #621 |
| 1990s | 1,042 | #957 (1990) | #1,698 |
| 2000s | 342 | #3,271 (2000) | #4,218 |
| 2010s | 218 | #5,063 (2011) | #5,926 |
| 2020s | 91 | #6,629 (2020) | #7,237 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Marsha in 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 987 of them was named Marsha, which outranked 97.5% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 290,154 of them was named Marsha, which outranked 28.2% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,044Williard8
- #3,044Wray8
- #3,044Yvon8
- #3,318Marsha7
- #3,318Aharon7
- #3,318Alcide7
- #3,318Almon7
- #3,646Abelino6
- #3,646Abran6
- #3,646Ainsley6
Tied with 327 names at #3,318; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.