Marshal
Marshal was given to 34 boys in 2025, #3,420 among boys’ names; 5,559 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,930 Americans named Marshal and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 33 years old and half are between 21 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marshal by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marshal mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marshal is “a male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.”
From marshal.
/ˈmɑː(ɹ)ʃəl/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marshal?
#3,420 among boys’ names, 2025
Marshal fell from #2,125 in 2015 to #3,420 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 34.4 to 19.9 per million.
95 babies in 1999, the peak
Marshal peaked in 1999, when 95 boys were given it, #1,284 among boys’ names. The 34 births of 2025 are 36% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,420 | 19.9 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,315 | 20.9 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,455 | 19.9 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,254 | 21.2 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,543 | 29.7 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,696 | 16.8 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,187 | 13.9 |
| 2018 | 48 | #2,628 | 26.4 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,655 | 25.4 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,326 | 30.0 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 66 | #2,125 | 34.4 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,089 | 34.9 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,509 | 25.9 |
| 2012 | 49 | #2,539 | 25.8 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,191 | 31.6 |
| 2010 | 51 | #2,454 | 26.6 |
| 2009 | 75 | #1,919 | 37.8 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,494 | 25.0 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,177 | 29.9 |
| 2006 | 53 | #2,369 | 25.8 |
| 2005 | 64 | #1,974 | 32.0 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,011 | 30.2 |
| 2003 | 91 | #1,445 | 46.1 |
| 2002 | 87 | #1,463 | 44.8 |
| 2001 | 80 | #1,518 | 41.2 |
| 2000 | 72 | #1,629 | 36.7 |
| 1999 | 95 | #1,284 | 49.5 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,309 | 47.6 |
| 1997 | 91 | #1,270 | 48.3 |
| 1996 | 93 | #1,211 | 49.1 |
| 1995 | 72 | #1,396 | 37.8 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,184 | 48.7 |
| 1993 | 62 | #1,499 | 31.6 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,148 | 46.1 |
| 1991 | 79 | #1,254 | 39.1 |
| 1990 | 65 | #1,387 | 31.6 |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,373 | 32.0 |
| 1988 | 65 | #1,274 | 34.0 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,330 | 30.0 |
| 1986 | 44 | #1,525 | 23.9 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,202 | 33.5 |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,275 | 29.4 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,269 | 29.6 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,204 | 33.1 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,217 | 31.8 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,234 | 31.4 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,187 | 34.3 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,316 | 29.2 |
| 1977 | 48 | #1,306 | 29.2 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,063 | 39.5 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,473 | 23.7 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,433 | 23.5 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,262 | 27.6 |
| 1972 | 37 | #1,405 | 22.8 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,487 | 19.2 |
| 1970 | 36 | #1,407 | 19.4 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,516 | 16.2 |
| 1968 | 29 | #1,471 | 16.7 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,244 | 21.2 |
| 1966 | 33 | #1,338 | 18.5 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,288 | 19.4 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,341 | 17.6 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,530 | 13.3 |
| 1962 | 33 | #1,380 | 16.0 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,483 | 14.1 |
| 1960 | 30 | #1,471 | 14.1 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,239 | 18.7 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,216 | 19.3 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,108 | 22.3 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,291 | 17.0 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,206 | 18.9 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,160 | 20.6 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,018 | 25.9 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,423 | 14.9 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,365 | 15.9 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,227 | 19.6 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,269 | 18.6 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,420 | 15.4 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,004 | 27.9 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,119 | 24.0 |
| 1945 | 43 | #983 | 31.9 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,066 | 28.6 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,202 | 23.1 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,289 | 21.7 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,034 | 32.6 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,552 | 17.3 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,115 | 30.7 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,192 | 27.9 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,302 | 25.3 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,349 | 24.1 |
| 1935 | 30 | #1,244 | 28.8 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,346 | 25.2 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,297 | 27.2 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,152 | 33.5 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,210 | 31.7 |
| 1930 | 47 | #998 | 42.8 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,208 | 31.6 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,109 | 37.0 |
| 1927 | 30 | #1,365 | 26.6 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,371 | 26.1 |
| 1925 | 49 | #978 | 43.9 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,215 | 31.8 |
| 1923 | 39 | #1,150 | 35.6 |
| 1922 | 60 | #900 | 55.1 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,066 | 39.9 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,102 | 39.5 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,073 | 41.8 |
| 1918 | 49 | #959 | 48.3 |
| 1917 | 47 | #941 | 50.8 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,150 | 37.1 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,203 | 35.4 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,120 | 41.2 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,234 | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,694 | 23.3 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,096 | 48.7 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,173 | 46.3 |
| 1909 | 12 | #877 | 73.2 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,086 | 51.8 |
| 1906 | 9 | #896 | 67.6 |
| 1904 | 9 | #853 | 70.2 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,248 | 40.8 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,018 | 56.4 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,082 | 48.9 |
| 1894 | 11 | #655 | 95.0 |
| 1892 | 7 | #918 | 57.4 |
| 1891 | 6 | #918 | 59.3 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,099 | 45.0 |
| 1889 | 6 | #945 | 54.3 |
| 1888 | 8 | #793 | 66.2 |
| 1886 | 7 | #812 | 63.2 |
| 1885 | 7 | #814 | 64.9 |
| 1883 | 9 | #667 | 86.0 |
| 1882 | 7 | #808 | 61.6 |
| 1881 | 9 | #631 | 89.3 |
| 1880 | 8 | #721 | 72.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Marshal a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 5,559 Americans recorded as Marshal, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 34 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Marshal: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marshal, and how old are they?
3,930 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 5,559 Americans ever recorded as Marshal. The median Marshal alive today is 33 years old; half are between 21 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 3,855 people named Marshal (121 women and girls, 3,734 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,924 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 116 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 489 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 618 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,020 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,110 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 577 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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).
Where are babies named Marshal born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5 | #2,819 | 0.9× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Marshal with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 106,257 babies since 1880, Marshal is the second most given (5.2% of them). In 2025 it was given to 34 of their 1,011 babies (3.4%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marshal
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.
More about Marshal and names like it
- Compare Marshal and MarshallBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sMarshal peaked in 1999.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marshal since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Marshal: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1999The year the most babies were named Marshal.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Marshal alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with MMost given first.