Marshal Boy
How popular is Marshal?
#3,378 boy name in 2025
34 baby boys were named Marshal in the US in 2025, making it the 3378th most popular boy name.
Marshal popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,378 for boys (▼ 108 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 34 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,112 in 2015, #3,650 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (95 boys) |
| Highest rank | #595 in 1881 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marshal counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marshall family of names ranked #332 for boys in 2025 (#374 the year before), with 1,011 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marshall | 977 | 97% |
| Marshal | 34 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marshal is most popular
Babies named Marshal per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Marshal by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #595 |
| 1890s | 35 | #630 |
| 1900s | 49 | #810 |
| 1910s | 275 | #934 |
| 1920s | 404 | #891 |
| 1930s | 315 | #990 |
| 1940s | 355 | #971 |
| 1950s | 391 | #1,014 |
| 1960s | 319 | #1,230 |
| 1970s | 441 | #1,056 |
| 1980s | 570 | #1,189 |
| 1990s | 834 | #1,146 |
| 2000s | 695 | #1,436 |
| 2010s | 519 | #2,081 |
| 2020s | 222 | #2,522 |
Boy names about as popular as Marshal
Questions
- Is Marshal a boy or girl name?
- Marshal is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marshal were boys.
- How popular is the name Marshal?
- 34 baby boys were named Marshal in the US in 2025, making it the 3378th most popular boy name.
- When was Marshal most popular?
- Marshal peaked in 1999, when 95 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #595 in 1881.
- How many people are named Marshal?
- 5,559 babies have been named Marshal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,000 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
- Where is Marshal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marshal was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.