Boys' name · since 1880
Marshal
Marshal has 5,485 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,687 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,385 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,485
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Marshal is the #3385 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 5,485 recorded since 1880.
Marshal has 5,485 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3385 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of boys, 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 1880 to 2025.
- #1,687 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,385 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 5,485 born since 1880
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marshal ranks #1,687 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,385 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,485 born since 1880, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,687 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,385 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,485
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marshal's 5,485 recorded births place it above 96.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Marshal compares
5,485 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Marshal's all-time total is 15x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marshal | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,485 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 95 | 34 | 22,252 |
Marshal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marshal's full recorded timeline at 1958, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1890, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 95 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marshal popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 95
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Marshal popularity over time - girls
74 total births recorded since 1952 (Marshal as girls' name)
Marshal by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (834 births, 15% of the file).
1990s was Marshal's strongest decade.
834 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Marshal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 61
1880s
61 births
- 1890s 35
1890s
35 births
- 1900s 49
1900s
49 births
- 1910s 275
1910s
275 births
- 1920s
1920s
404 births
- 1930s 315
1930s
315 births
- 1940s
1940s
355 births
- 1950s
1950s
391 births
- 1960s 319
1960s
319 births
- 1970s
1970s
441 births
- 1980s
1980s
570 births
- 1990s
1990s
834 births
- 2000s
2000s
695 births
- 2010s
2010s
519 births
- 2020s 222
2020s
222 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 834 births (15% of all-time use).
How Marshal compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Marshal's total volume
Marshal by state
Where Marshal concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 378 | 6.9% |
| #2 | California | | 198 | 3.6% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 55 | 1.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 55 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 36 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 31 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Wisconsin | | 25 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Washington | | 23 | 0.4% |
378 of 5,485 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Marshal appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Marshal's data
- Marshal's decade-level peak was the 1990s (834 total births); usage has since declined to 222 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Marshals (378 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marshal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Marshal 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.