Marshayla — girls' name
199 babies named Marshayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
199 girls have been named Marshayla since 1989, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2017.
- 199
- total births
- 1989–2017
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Marshayla was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Marshayla in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marshayla
The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Marshayla between 1989 and 2017, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marshayla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marshayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Marshayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marshayla 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 199 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.
Marshayla at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marshayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1989
- Peak year (1996)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
199 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 14 births in a single year.
Marshayla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 96 births that decade — 48% of Marshayla's all-time total
Marshayla decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Marshayla's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.