Marsha
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Marsha is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Marsha mean?
Latin
A female given name from Latin, variant of Marcia.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Marsha a girl's or a boy's name?
Marsha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marsha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Marsha in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Marsha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Marsha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Marsha, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1952, with 5,583 girls. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the girls named Marsha in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marsha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 62 | #2,365 |
| 1998 | 65 | #2,185 |
| 1997 | 60 | #2,256 |
| 1996 | 82 | #1,790 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 90 | #1,658 |
| 1993 | 107 | #1,483 |
| 1992 | 134 | #1,271 |
| 1991 | 176 | #1,036 |
| 1990 | 196 | #955 |
| 1989 | 191 | #934 |
| 1988 | 204 | #866 |
| 1987 | 250 | #722 |
| 1986 | 240 | #739 |
| 1985 | 273 | #662 |
| 1984 | 347 | #546 |
| 1983 | 389 | #499 |
| 1982 | 497 | #436 |
| 1981 | 559 | #403 |
| 1980 | 572 | #397 |
| 1979 | 703 | #336 |
| 1978 | 810 | #287 |
| 1977 | 855 | #280 |
| 1976 | 904 | #263 |
| 1975 | 1,006 | #246 |
| 1974 | 1,106 | #231 |
| 1973 | 1,134 | #222 |
| 1972 | 1,210 | #228 |
| 1971 | 1,305 | #227 |
| 1970 | 1,382 | #225 |
| 1969 | 1,146 | #256 |
| 1968 | 1,128 | #244 |
| 1967 | 1,317 | #222 |
| 1966 | 1,306 | #232 |
| 1965 | 1,539 | #214 |
| 1964 | 1,782 | #204 |
| 1963 | 1,952 | #191 |
| 1962 | 2,072 | #182 |
| 1961 | 2,161 | #179 |
| 1960 | 2,242 | #178 |
| 1959 | 2,469 | #163 |
| 1958 | 2,501 | #158 |
| 1957 | 2,925 | #144 |
| 1956 | 3,328 | #129 |
| 1955 | 4,061 | #106 |
| 1954 | 4,966 | #86 |
| 1953 | 5,131 | #83 |
| 1952 | 5,583 | #75 |
| 1951 | 5,188 | #76 |
| 1950 | 5,400 | #68 |
| 1949 | 4,611 | #79 |
| 1948 | 4,725 | #76 |
| 1947 | 4,339 | #88 |
| 1946 | 3,611 | #98 |
| 1945 | 2,424 | #113 |
| 1944 | 2,399 | #111 |
| 1943 | 2,100 | #132 |
| 1942 | 1,570 | #156 |
| 1941 | 895 | #203 |
| 1940 | 740 | #229 |
| 1939 | 557 | #262 |
| 1938 | 619 | #254 |
| 1937 | 561 | #261 |
| 1936 | 328 | #348 |
| 1935 | 143 | #536 |
| 1934 | 81 | #739 |
| 1933 | 73 | #769 |
| 1932 | 48 | #1,015 |
| 1931 | 59 | #899 |
| 1930 | 46 | #1,084 |
| 1929 | 38 | #1,212 |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,270 |
| 1927 | 33 | #1,403 |
| 1926 | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,272 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,810 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,520 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,611 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,079 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,801 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,690 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,847 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,163 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
Names like Marsha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marsha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marsha, updated 20 October 2026.