Marshon — #6916 US boys' name
627 babies named Marshon in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Marshon was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Marshon in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marshon
The Social Security Administration has registered 627 babies named Marshon between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marshon currently holds the #6916 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marshon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marshon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 81 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marshon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marshon 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 627 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.
Marshon at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marshon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (1998)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #6916 among boys.
627 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 26 births in a single year.
Marshon popularity over time — girls
15 total births recorded since 1970 (Marshon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Marshon accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marshon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 166 births that decade — 26% of Marshon's all-time total
Marshon decade highlights
- Peak decade 166 births
- Runner-up 162 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Marshon's strongest decade
166 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Marshon by state
Where Marshon concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 81 | 12.9% |
81 of 627 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 12.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 12.9% 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, 1973–2024 (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.