Girls' name · since 1942
Marsa
Marsa has 66 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1953 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 66
- total births
- 1942–1977
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
66 girls have been named Marsa since 1942, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Marsa recorded 66 times among girls since 1942, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1977.
- 66 total births
- 1942–1977 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 62% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marsa's 66 recorded births place it above 56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marsa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marsa's SSA record in two at 1957 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1942, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1953 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marsa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1977
- Peak year (1953)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Marsa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Marsa's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Marsa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
41 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 41 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Marsa's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 1970s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1942–1977 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marsa: Baby Name Since 1942 - 66 Births, Peak 1953." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marsa. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Marsa 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 July 2026.