Marshel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Marshel

The Social Security Administration has registered 521 babies named Marshel between 1911 and 1989, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marshel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marshel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Marshel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Marshel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marshel 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 521 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.