Marshall

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #340 for boys in 2025, 977 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1886 · 105 births
Debut · boys
78 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
97,447
since 1880

Marshall over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Marshall has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #131, 1886boys
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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#340977
2024#15,2935#391834
2023#388821
2022#9,68010#384840
2021#15,2515#378860
2020#15,0885#366851
2019#366873
2018#349944
2017#14,1246#357938
2016#16,2155#3441,011
2015#3191,102
2014#16,5135#3191,087
2013#14,5826#328995
2012#347888
2011#338894
2010#374770
2009#402735
2008#389774
2007#409712
2006#417690
2005#418640
2004#12,7617#376741
2003#348799
2002#366717
2001#346786
2000#344796
1999#353738
1998#14,1225#353740
1997#13,7245#348738
1996#7,57411#310855
1995#8,07910#317824
1994#6,67213#314833
1993#6,26414#308883
1992#10,4797#304881
1991#4,32923#301850
1990#7,30311#281927
1989#6,95511#289847
1988#4,84017#275841
1987#6,33511#296727
1986#7,7498#282744
1985#9,3076#285717
1984#6,8109#265792
1983#6,7059#250834
1982#5,20913#264817
1981#4,00519#261824
1980#3,71921#263825
1979#5,09213#273758
1978#3,92418#272718
1977#4,06917#283686
1976#4,15415#288651
1975#3,51419#302621
1974#4,45913#289648
1973#3,48118#294619
1972#3,54317#287645
1971#5,13610#295675
1970#3,57717#282750
1969#2,70424#276723
1968#3,78913#278705
1967#2,86819#277675
1966#3,26615#291660
1965#2,46424#265779
1964#2,82520#267831
1963#2,21129#276780
1962#2,74120#263838
1961#2,35926#262898
1960#3,35714#268892
1959#2,86917#260945
1958#2,44922#2411,039
1957#3,15014#2281,096
1956#2,82617#2191,114
1955#2,10826#2151,106
1954#2,45020#2101,102
1953#3,26912#2111,037
1952#2,92114#2021,087
1951#2,39118#1971,080
1950#2,05322#1941,082
1949#2,85013#1871,111
1948#2,49116#1811,158
1947#2,76914#1741,269
1946#3,21710#1751,077
1945#2,23715#169969
1944#2,51113#1691,007
1943#3,4938#1721,020
1942#2,21416#173952
1941#2,39713#175869
1940#2,9639#181809
1939#2,30013#182782
1938#3,1818#180819
1937#2,9409#177805
1936#2,38612#184710
1935#193661
1934#188676
1933#3,7536#182674
1932#3,2748#200639
1931#2,20514#195667
1930#188741
1929#2,92110#197694
1928#2,28415#195727
1927#3,5618#184787
1926#2,35115#190765
1925#3,3629#176830
1924#169856
1923#2,58713#178781
1922#2,95811#171854
1921#3,16410#164896
1920#3,9577#162850
1919#3,00510#164817
1918#3,5128#156878
1917#2,87910#161777
1916#3,0319#163739
1915#160715
1914#166533
1913#164426
1912#2,9795#151397
1911#177178
1910#205125
1909#177134
1908#147160
1907#184118
1906#170107
1905#166119
1904#163116
1903#17494
1902#18094
1901#20867
1900#167126
1899#19370
1898#157109
1897#18682
1896#141118
1895#156100
1894#16593
1893#15298
1892#17093
1891#16180
1890#18373
1889#17377
1888#16491
1887#18269
1886#131105
1885#16978
1884#15788
1883#16079
1882#16383
1881#20356
1880#16878
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Marshall was already there! It came in at #168, and was given to 78 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 84 boys a year got the name.

See more about Marshall
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 51 spots since 2024 (#391#340)
  • 26 spots since 2020 (#366#340)
  • 21 spots since 2015 (#319#340)
  • Biggest jump: 51 spots in 2025 (#391#340)
  • Biggest drop: 51 spots in 1887 (#131#182)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #131 (105 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 965
  • Highest: 1 in 965 boys born in 1908 were named Marshall (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,748 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
  • Its best rank, #131 in 1886, was only 1 in 1,055 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 11.0% of all boys named Marshall (10,688) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s804#131 (1886)#167
1890s916#141 (1896)#166
1900s1,135#147 (1908)#174
1910s5,585#151 (1912)#167
1920s8,040#162 (1920)#179
1930s7,174#177 (1937)#187
1940s10,241#169 (1944)#176
1950s10,688#194 (1950)#218
1960s7,781#262 (1961)#272
1970s6,771#272 (1978)#287
1980s7,968#250 (1983)#273
1990s8,269#281 (1990)#319
2000s7,390#344 (2000)#382
2010s9,502#319 (2015)#344
2020s5,183#340 (2025)#375

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.

Marshall in 1966

girls
#3,266
15 births · 1 in 112,812 girls
boys
#291
660 births · 1 in 2,702 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #3,266Marshall15

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #291Marshall660
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 112,812 of them was named Marshall, which outranked 57.2% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marshall
  1. #3,148Tosca16
  2. #3,148Velisa16
  3. #3,148Veta16
  4. #3,266Marshall15
  5. #3,266Adair15
  6. #3,266Agena15
  7. #3,266Aisha15
  8. #3,400Adelle14
  9. #3,400Adonna14
  10. #3,400Albertina14

Tied with 133 names at #3,266; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 2,702 of them was named Marshall, which outranked 93.6% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marshall
  1. #288Clyde666
  2. #289Trevor663
  3. #290Harvey661
  4. #291Marshall660
  5. #292Frankie657
  6. #293Carlton650
  7. #294Armando642
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 1,207Jarrod#1,720#513
  2. 893Heath#1,254#361
  3. 467Illya#1,294#827
  4. 419Jarrett#1,294#875
  5. 399Reynold#1,360#961
Fallers
  1. 464Quint#986#1,450
  2. 303Dario#934#1,237
  3. 299Darran#1,000#1,299
  4. 281Artie#897#1,178
  5. 268Daryn#716#984

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

See the top 100 for 1966