Marsden
#8,016 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Marsden has been given to 297 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #8,016 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 20 recorded.
Babies named Marsden, 2025
1 in 332,000
Marsden over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Marsden?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 332,000
- 10 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 171,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #8,016
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 229,791 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Marsden sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marsden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Marsdens were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Marsden was born before 1956 — so the typical Marsden is around 69 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 23.2% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 43.4%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 151
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 23.2% of all recorded uses (69).
Is Marsden rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +5,497
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −145
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +442
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.11×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 50.0%
- Peak was 2013 (20)
- Years since peak
- 12
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 57.3% average annual change
Spellings of Marsden
Marsden is not the most common spelling — Arden is, with 22.1% against Marsden's 0.77%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Marsden around the world
Where Marsden ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2007–2008#4,432in 2008
- South Australia1994–1994#531in 1994
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Marsden by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Marsden
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Marsden
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.