Marsha — #6916 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marsha

The Social Security Administration has registered 104,176 babies named Marsha between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marsha currently holds the #6916 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 5,583 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marsha performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 41,553 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Marsha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 6,964 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Marsha in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marsha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 104,176 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.