Marshell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Marshell

The Social Security Administration has registered 925 babies named Marshell between 1913 and 2007, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marshell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 25 babies received it in a single year. Marshell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 636 additional births since 1950.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marshell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Marshell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Marshell in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marshell 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 925 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.