Marshell
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Marshell has been given to 1,561 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1930, with 25 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 59% boys, 41% girls all-time.
Babies named Marshell, 2007
1 in 666,000
Marshell 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Marshell over time
In 2007, Marshell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Marshell?
Marshell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2007, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2007
- 1 in 666,000
- 6 of 3,997,748 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 346,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2007
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 461,839 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Marshell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2007 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 461,839 children born in 2007 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marshell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Marshells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Marshell was born before 1943 — so the typical Marshell is around 82 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1930s
- 19.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 2.5%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 359
- People you could plausibly meet
1930s — 19.1% of all recorded uses (177).
Is Marshell 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
- —
- Not ranked then
- 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
- 0%
- Peak was 1930 (25)
- Years since peak
- 95
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 29.3% average annual change
Spellings of Marshell
Marshell is not the most common spelling — Marshall is, with 79.7% against Marshell's 0.76%.
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.
Where Marshell is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Marshell was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 259,225 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Mississippi1 in 100,000
- 2Kentucky1 in —
- 3North Carolina1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Marshell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Marshell is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Marshell was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 598,309 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Marshell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Marshell around the world
Where Marshell 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.
- South Australia2004–2004#589in 2004
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Marshell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Marshell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Marshell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.