Marshal
Last seen for girls in 1975 at #7,984 · #3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,485since 1880
Marshal over time
Rank among boys' names. Marshal has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | — | #3,379 | 34 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,272 | 36 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,416 | 34 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,216 | 37 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,523 | 52 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,653 | 29 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,114 | 25 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,617 | 48 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,637 | 47 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,305 | 57 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,112 | 66 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,082 | 67 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,492 | 49 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,517 | 49 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,173 | 60 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,429 | 51 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,910 | 75 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,467 | 51 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,164 | 62 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,348 | 53 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,967 | 64 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,989 | 60 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,438 | 91 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,459 | 87 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,514 | 80 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,629 | 72 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,283 | 95 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,301 | 91 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,263 | 91 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,206 | 93 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,393 | 72 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,178 | 94 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,493 | 62 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,150 | 92 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,254 | 79 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,383 | 65 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,374 | 64 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,270 | 65 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,316 | 56 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,511 | 44 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,190 | 62 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,265 | 53 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,265 | 53 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,193 | 60 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,207 | 57 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,227 | 56 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,177 | 59 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,299 | 48 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,289 | 48 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,056 | 62 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #1,455 | 37 |
| 1974 | — | #1,409 | 37 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #1,253 | 43 |
| 1972 | — | #1,391 | 37 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #1,396 | 36 |
| 1969 | — | #1,492 | 29 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,455 | 29 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #1,327 | 33 |
| 1965 | — | #1,271 | 36 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,327 | 35 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #1,513 | 27 |
| 1962 | — | #1,367 | 33 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,467 | 30 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,463 | 30 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,228 | 40 | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #1,204 | 41 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,100 | 48 |
| 1956 | — | #1,285 | 36 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,198 | 39 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #1,151 | 42 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #1,015 | 51 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,406 | 29 |
| 1951 | — | #1,344 | 30 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,220 | 35 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,252 | 33 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,400 | 27 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,000 | 51 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,111 | 39 | |
| 1945 | — | #971 | 43 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,055 | 39 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,187 | 33 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,268 | 30 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,019 | 40 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,519 | 20 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,103 | 34 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,171 | 31 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,288 | 27 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,326 | 25 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,226 | 30 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,323 | 26 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,281 | 27 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,141 | 35 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,194 | 33 | |
| 1930 | — | #990 | 47 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,195 | 34 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,095 | 41 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,350 | 30 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,353 | 29 | |
| 1925 | — | #973 | 49 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,204 | 36 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,140 | 39 | |
| 1922 | — | #891 | 60 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,058 | 44 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,089 | 42 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,063 | 41 | |
| 1918 | — | #949 | 49 | |
| 1917 | — | #934 | 47 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,138 | 33 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,181 | 30 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,101 | 27 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,205 | 18 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #644 | 9 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Marshal was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Marshal is popular in 1886
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Marshal
- 107 spots since 2024 (#3,272 → #3,379)
- 274 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #3,379)
- 1,267 spots since 2015 (#2,112 → #3,379)
- Biggest jump: 231 spots in 1925 (#1,204 → #973)
- Biggest drop: 400 spots in 1948 (#1,000 → #1,400)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #595 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1888–1892
- Highest: 1 in 10,524 boys born in 1894 were named Marshal (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #595 in 1881, was only 1 in 11,193 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.2% of all boys named Marshal (834) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #595 (1881) | #729 |
| 1890s | 35 | #631 (1894) | #866 |
| 1900s | 49 | #810 (1904) | #934 |
| 1910s | 275 | #934 (1917) | #1,135 |
| 1920s | 404 | #891 (1922) | #1,135 |
| 1930s | 315 | #990 (1930) | #1,204 |
| 1940s | 355 | #971 (1945) | #1,178 |
| 1950s | 391 | #1,015 (1953) | #1,215 |
| 1960s | 319 | #1,231 (1967) | #1,391 |
| 1970s | 441 | #1,056 (1976) | #1,319 |
| 1980s | 570 | #1,190 (1985) | #1,282 |
| 1990s | 834 | #1,150 (1992) | #1,290 |
| 2000s | 695 | #1,438 (2003) | #1,889 |
| 2010s | 519 | #2,082 (2014) | #2,548 |
| 2020s | 222 | #2,523 (2021) | #3,243 |
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.
Marshal in 1886
Top boys' names in 1886
More about 1886
boys
110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 15,826 of them was named Marshal, which outranked 31.7% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).