Marshall Boy
How popular is Marshall?
#340 boy name in 2025
977 baby boys were named Marshall in the US in 2025, making it the 340th most popular boy name.
Marshall popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #340 for boys (▲ 51 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 977 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #319 in 2015, #366 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1947 (1,269 boys) |
| Highest rank | #131 in 1886 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marshall counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marshall family of names ranked #332 for boys in 2025 (#374 the year before), with 1,011 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marshall | 977 | 97% |
| Marshal | 34 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marshall is most popular
Babies named Marshall per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 1.4 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- Maine: 1.3 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Iowa: 1.3 per 1,000 (87 boys)
- Montana: 1.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- South Carolina: 1.1 per 1,000 (110 boys)
Marshall by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 804 | #131 |
| 1890s | 916 | #141 |
| 1900s | 1,135 | #147 |
| 1910s | 5,585 | #151 |
| 1920s | 8,040 | #162 |
| 1930s | 7,174 | #177 |
| 1940s | 10,241 | #169 |
| 1950s | 10,688 | #194 |
| 1960s | 7,781 | #262 |
| 1970s | 6,771 | #272 |
| 1980s | 7,968 | #250 |
| 1990s | 8,269 | #281 |
| 2000s | 7,390 | #344 |
| 2010s | 9,502 | #319 |
| 2020s | 5,183 | #340 |
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Questions
- Is Marshall a boy or girl name?
- Marshall is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marshall were boys.
- How popular is the name Marshall?
- 977 baby boys were named Marshall in the US in 2025, making it the 340th most popular boy name.
- When was Marshall most popular?
- Marshall peaked in 1947, when 1,269 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #131 in 1886.
- How many people are named Marshall?
- 98,604 babies have been named Marshall in the US since 1880. We estimate about 64,477 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 39.
- Where is Marshall most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marshall was most common in West Virginia, at 1.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.