Girls' name · since 1960
Marche
Marche has 411 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,296 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 411
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marche is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 411 have been recorded since 1960.
Marche has 411 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2009.
- #13,296 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 411 born since 1960
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marche ranks #13,296 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 411 born since 1960, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,296 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 411
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marche's 411 recorded births place it above 81.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Marche's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marche's full recorded timeline at 1989, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marche popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2009
- Peak year (1989)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Marche popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 1994 (Marche as boys' name)
Marche by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (174 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Marche's strongest decade.
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Marche births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 42
1970s
42 births
- 1980s
1980s
122 births
- 1990s
1990s
174 births
- 2000s 61
2000s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 174 births (42% of all-time use).
Marche by state
Where Marche concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 2.4% |
10 of 411 births nationwide.
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What to do with Marche's data
- Marche's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (174 total births) through the 2000s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Marches (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marche: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marche draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.