Marsh
#13,218 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Marsh has been given to 414 babies in the U.S. since 1882. In 2025 it ranked #13,218 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1938, with 13 recorded.
Babies named Marsh, 2025
1 in 663,000
Marsh 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 Marsh?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 663,000
- 5 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 342,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #13,218
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 459,581 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Marsh 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marsh. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Marshs were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Marsh was born before 1948 — so the typical Marsh is around 77 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 21.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 7.2%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 197
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 21.8% of all recorded uses (88).
Is Marsh 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
- −5,105
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 38.5%
- Peak was 1938 (13)
- Years since peak
- 87
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 32.3% average annual change
Spellings of Marsh
Marsh is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 70.7% against Marsh's 0.02%.
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.
Marsh by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Marsh
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Marsh
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.