Marshelle — girls' name
554 babies named Marshelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Marshelle was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Marshelle in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marshelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 554 babies named Marshelle between 1947 and 2004, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marshelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marshelle performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Marshelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marshelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marshelle 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 554 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.
Marshelle at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marshelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1947
- Peak year (1963)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
554 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 21 births in a single year.
Marshelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 165 births that decade — 30% of Marshelle's all-time total
Marshelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 165 births
- Runner-up 121 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Marshelle's strongest decade
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Marshelle by state
Where Marshelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 554 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1947–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.