Marshelia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marshelia

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Marshelia between 1957 and 1971, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marshelia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marshelia performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Marshelia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marshelia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marshelia 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 35 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.