Marshall
Marshall is ranked 391st among boys in 2024 (830 births). Its best rank was 132nd, in 1886.
- Rank in 2024
- #391down 3 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8300.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 19471,269 births
- Best rank
- #132in 1886
- Since 1880
- 97,616people given the name
The story in the numbers
96,459 boys have been named Marshall in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 1,269 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 319 → 391).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1950s alone account for 11%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,157 girls have also been given it, 1.2% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Marshall | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 804 | |
| 1890s | 916 | |
| 1900s | 1,135 | |
| 1910s | 5,585 | |
| 1920s | 8,040 | |
| 1930s | 7,174 | |
| 1940s | 10,241 | |
| 1950s | 10,688 | |
| 1960s | 7,781 | |
| 1970s | 6,771 | |
| 1980s | 7,969 | |
| 1990s | 8,271 | |
| 2000s | 7,388 | |
| 2010s | 9,498 | |
| 2020s | 4,198 |
In 1947, its biggest year
Marshall was the 174th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1947 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1947.
Names that rose and fell with Marshall
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nelsonpeak 1959
- Josephpeak 1956
- Conradpeak 2024
- Harrispeak 1921
- Clarkpeak 1961
- Ulyssespeak 1999
- Martinpeak 1963
- Edwinpeak 1922
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.