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.

Where Marshall is popular in 1966

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedAKMaine: #176 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,389 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedNHWashington: #310 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,464 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #334 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,371 boysMNIllinois: #322 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 3,812 boysILWisconsin: #283 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,788 boysWIMichigan: #279 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 3,597 boysMINew York: #362 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 4,909 boysNYMassachusetts: #218 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,453 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedSDIowa: #200 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,820 boysIAIndiana: #314 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,793 boysINOhio: #267 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 3,197 boysOHPennsylvania: #302 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 5,028 boysPANew Jersey: #346 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,611 boysNJConnecticut: #235 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,649 boysCTCalifornia: #320 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 2,907 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedUTColorado: #334 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,326 boysCONebraska: #244 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,370 boysNEMissouri: #210 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,742 boysMOKentucky: #233 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,861 boysKYWest Virginia: #164 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,290 boysWVVirginia: #196 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,371 boysVAMaryland: #215 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,973 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #296 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,940 boysNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Marshall, so not publishedKSArkansas: #228 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,575 boysARTennessee: #188 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,194 boysTNNorth Carolina: #210 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,388 boysNCSouth Carolina: #167 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 964 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #257 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,503 boysDCOklahoma: #277 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,251 boysOKLouisiana: #260 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,605 boysLAMississippi: #286 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,137 boysMSAlabama: #245 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,696 boysALGeorgia: #194 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,172 boysGAHawaii: #212 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,010 boysHITexas: #324 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 2,332 boysTXFlorida: #277 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,073 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#164 · 1 in 1,290
  2. South Carolina#167 · 1 in 964
  3. Maine#176 · 1 in 1,389
  4. Tennessee#188 · 1 in 1,194
  5. Georgia#194 · 1 in 1,172

Best ever in a state: #35 in Delaware, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#164111 in 1,290
South Carolina#167241 in 964
Maine#17661 in 1,389
Tennessee#188281 in 1,194
Georgia#194361 in 1,172
Virginia#196271 in 1,371
Iowa#200131 in 1,820
Missouri#210221 in 1,742
North Carolina#210311 in 1,388
Hawaii#21261 in 1,010
Maryland#215151 in 1,973
Massachusetts#218141 in 3,453
Arkansas#228101 in 1,575
Kentucky#233151 in 1,861
Connecticut#23591 in 2,649
Nebraska#24451 in 2,370
Alabama#245181 in 1,696
District of Columbia#25751 in 2,503
Louisiana#260221 in 1,605
Ohio#267291 in 3,197
Florida#277231 in 2,073
Oklahoma#27781 in 2,251
Michigan#279221 in 3,597
Wisconsin#28381 in 4,788
Mississippi#286101 in 2,137
New Mexico#29651 in 1,940
Pennsylvania#302191 in 5,028
Washington#31071 in 3,464
Indiana#314121 in 3,793
California#320571 in 2,907
Illinois#322251 in 3,812
Texas#324431 in 2,332
Colorado#33451 in 3,326
Minnesota#33451 in 6,371
New Jersey#346101 in 5,611
New York#362321 in 4,909
Alaska———
Arizona———
Delaware———
Idaho———
Kansas———
Montana———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
North Dakota———
Oregon———
Rhode Island———
South Dakota———
Utah———
Vermont———
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 →