Girls' name · since 1957
Marshelia
Since 1957, U.S. Social Security records show 35 babies named Marshelia, peaking in 1957. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 35
- total births
- 1957–1971
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
Marshelia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 35 recorded since 1957.
Marshelia has 35 recorded births among girls since 1957, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 1971.
- 35 total births
- 1957–1971 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 69% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marshelia's 35 recorded births place it above 46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Marshelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marshelia splits its recorded history at 1960: 31% of all births land in the more recent half, 69% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marshelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1971
- Peak year (1957)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Marshelia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Marshelia's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Marshelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
24 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 24 births (69% of all-time use).
Marshelia by state
Where Marshelia concentrates geographically, total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 14.3% |
5 of 35 births nationwide.
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- Marshelia's decade-level peak was the 1950s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Marshelias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1957–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marshelia: Baby Name Since 1957 - 35 Births, Peak 1957." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marshelia. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Marshelia 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 July 2026.