Boys' name · since 1882
Marsh
403 babies named Marsh in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1938. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,982 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,035 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 403
- born since 1882
- 1950s
- peak decade
403 babies have been named Marsh since 1882, making it today's #12035 boys' name.
Marsh has 403 recorded births among boys since 1882, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12035 as of the latest data, more common than 14% of boys, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 2025.
- #8,982 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,035 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 403 born since 1882
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marsh ranks #8,982 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,035 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 403 born since 1882, peaking in the 1950s.
- #8,982 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,035 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 403
- born since 1882
- 1950s
- peak decade
Marsh's 403 recorded births place it above 80.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Marsh compares
403 Top 49% higher than 51% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marsh's all-time total is 9% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marsh | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 403 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Marsh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marsh splits its recorded history at 1946: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1910 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1938 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marsh popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–2025
- Peak year (1938)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 144 years of records
Marsh popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 1954 (Marsh as girls' name)
Marsh by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (88 births, 22% of the file).
1950s was Marsh's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Marsh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 7
1880s
7 births
- 1910s
1910s
40 births
- 1920s
1920s
66 births
- 1930s
1930s
55 births
- 1940s
1940s
38 births
- 1950s
1950s
88 births
- 1960s
1960s
37 births
- 1970s 28
1970s
28 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 88 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Marsh's data
- Marsh's decade-level peak was the 1950s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marsh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1938)
Similar record span (~143 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, 1882–2025 (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 Marsh 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.