Marsalis
Marsalis was last recorded in 2015, when 7 babies were given it; 262 Americans have been recorded with it between 1986 and 2015 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marsalis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Marsalis?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,231, in 2015; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
20 babies in 1989, the peak
Marsalis peaked in 1989, when 20 boys were given it, #3,043 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | #10,231 | 3.7 |
| 2007 | 5 | #13,678 | 2.4 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,799 | 4.9 |
| 2005 | 5 | #12,654 | 2.5 |
| 2003 | 7 | #9,276 | 3.5 |
| 2002 | 8 | #8,167 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,776 | 3.6 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,900 | 5.7 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,125 | 8.9 |
| 1997 | 12 | #5,154 | 6.4 |
Every recorded year (21)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 20 | #3,493 | 10.6 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,190 | 7.9 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,211 | 7.8 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,754 | 8.7 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,291 | 10.0 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,753 | 7.9 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,574 | 5.8 |
| 1989 | 20 | #3,043 | 10.0 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,815 | 6.8 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,880 | 6.4 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,574 | 7.1 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Marsalis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marsalis has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 21 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Marsalis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marsalis, and how old are they?
An estimated 253 Americans named Marsalis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 28 and 36. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 251 people named Marsalis (6 women and girls, 245 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 256 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marsalis
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.