Girls' name · since 1954
Marshella
Since 1954, U.S. Social Security records show 162 babies named Marshella, peaking in 1966. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,002 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Marshella sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 162 recorded since 1954.
Marshella has 162 recorded births among girls since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 1990.
- #22,002 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 162 born since 1954
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marshella ranks #22,002 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 162 born since 1954, peaking in the 1960s.
- #22,002 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Marshella's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marshella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marshella's SSA record in two at 1968 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1954, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1966 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marshella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1990
- Peak year (1966)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Marshella by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (63 births, 39% of the file).
1960s was Marshella's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Marshella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
32 births
- 1960s
1960s
63 births
- 1970s
1970s
44 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 63 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Marshella's decade-level peak was the 1960s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marshella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1954–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Marshella 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 August 2026.