Mashell — girls' name
309 babies named Mashell in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Mashell was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Mashell in 1965 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mashell
The Social Security Administration has registered 309 babies named Mashell between 1954 and 1994, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mashell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mashell performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mashell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mashell 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 309 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.
Mashell at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mashell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1954
- Peak year (1965)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
309 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 21 births in a single year.
Mashell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 144 births that decade — 47% of Mashell's all-time total
Mashell decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Mashell's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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, 1954–1994 (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.