Girls' name · since 1937
Marshia
295 babies named Marshia in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,048 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 295
- born since 1937
- 1950s
- peak decade
Marshia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 295 have been recorded since 1937.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marshia has been recorded 295 times among girls since 1937, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1937 to 1985.
- #16,048 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 295 born since 1937
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marshia ranks #16,048 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 295 born since 1937, peaking in the 1950s.
- #16,048 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 295
- born since 1937
- 1950s
- peak decade
Marshia's 295 recorded births place it above 77.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marshia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marshia's full recorded timeline at 1955, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1939, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1951 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1985
- Peak year (1951)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Marshia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (131 births, 44% of the file).
1950s was Marshia's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Marshia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s
1940s
83 births
- 1950s
1950s
131 births
- 1960s 45
1960s
45 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 131 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Marshia's decade-level peak was the 1950s (131 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Marshia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1937–1985 (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 Marshia 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.