How rare is the name Marshall?

57,529 people in the United States have the first name Marshall, about 1 in 5,250. It ranks #821 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARSHALL

#821

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
57,529
About
1 in 5,250
This common or more
67.1%
Who bears it

Of the 57,529 people named Marshall, 77.2% reported their origin as White, 12.9% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marshall peaked in 1947, when 1,283 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1947
Births that year
1,283
In 2025*
977 ▼24%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 98,604 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Marshall by decade

Among all names given to American babies, it ranked #383 in the 1880s and 1940s. The largest share of babies named Marshall, 20.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#383804
1890s#455916
1900s#4841,135
1910s#3985,627
1920s#4078,138
1930s#4247,244
1940s#38310,368
1950s#46510,870
1960s#5957,985
1970s#6266,928
1980s#5858,092
1990s#6588,368
2000s#8037,397
2010s#6849,524
2020s#7405,208
Before 19011.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.6%
Baby boom 1946–6420.2%
Generation X 1965–8011.6%
Millennials 1981–9613.6%
Generation Z 1997–1212.3%
2013 and later12.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Marshall is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marshall has been most common in South Carolina (2×), North Carolina (1.9×), and Mississippi (1.8×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.15×).

91,072 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Marshall

#819 Byron · 57,834#820 Dillon · 57,539#822 Jada · 57,490#823 Joey · 57,447

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marshall, most common first.

#4,713 Marshal · 3,855#14,579 Marshell · 807#20,724 Marchell · 496#21,143 Marshelle · 483#30,611 Marshel · 284#39,134 Marshella · 194#42,918 Marshayla · 166#52,133 Marsell · 109

Also a last name

As a last name, Marshall ranks #142 of 156,621, with 175,713 people. See Marshall as a last name

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