Marshun — boys' name
230 babies named Marshun in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
230 boys have been named Marshun since 1978, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2021.
- 230
- total births
- 1978–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Marshun was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Marshun in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marshun
The Social Security Administration has registered 230 babies named Marshun between 1978 and 2021, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marshun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marshun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marshun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marshun in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marshun 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 230 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.
Marshun at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marshun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1978
- Peak year (1999)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
230 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 11 births in a single year.
Marshun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 77 births that decade — 33% of Marshun's all-time total
Marshun decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Marshun's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Marshun by state
Where Marshun concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 6 | 2.6% |
6 of 230 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 2.6% 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, 1978–2021 (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.