How Many People Are Named Marshal?
people named Marshal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 86,287 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,559 babies named Marshal in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
95 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MARSHALL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Marshal in English. Counting Marshal and these spellings together, about 67,626 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Marshal, 1.6% were girls and 98.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marshal alive today is about 36 years old, and 45% are under 30. Half of them were between 20 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marshal first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1999, to 95 babies. In 2025, 34 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marshal has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #631, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #3,420.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,420 |
| Best rank | #631 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,286 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marshal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marshal were born in Texas than in any other state: about 289 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marshal was given 4.6 times as often in Texas, 1.9 times in North Carolina and 1.7 times in California.
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