Marshal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAR-shal
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Marshal is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “horse servant”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Marshal mean?
Germanic: spelling of Marshall; English surname, via Old French mareschal
“horse servant”
From a surname for a farrier or horse-keeper; the same word later became a title for high officials.
Meaning borrowed from Marshall. More on Wiktionary.
Is Marshal a girl's or a boy's name?
Marshal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marshal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Marshal, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 18 boys.
Half of all the boys named Marshal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 boys in the UK were given Marshal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #507, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Marshall 77
- Marshal 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Marshal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Marshal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Marshal, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 95 boys.
Half of all the boys named Marshal in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,011 boys in the US were given Marshal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #342, up from #3,378 for this spelling alone.
- Marshall 977
- Marshal 34
Marshal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,305 |
| 2015 | 66 | #2,112 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,081 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 49 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,172 |
| 2010 | 51 | #2,428 |
| 2009 | 75 | #1,909 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,164 |
| 2006 | 53 | #2,347 |
| 2005 | 64 | #1,963 |
| 2004 | 60 | #1,985 |
| 2003 | 91 | #1,436 |
| 2002 | 87 | #1,456 |
| 2001 | 80 | #1,510 |
| 2000 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 1999 | 95 | #1,280 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,298 |
| 1997 | 91 | #1,260 |
| 1996 | 93 | #1,204 |
| 1995 | 72 | #1,388 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,174 |
| 1993 | 62 | #1,488 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,146 |
| 1991 | 79 | #1,248 |
| 1990 | 65 | #1,378 |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,369 |
| 1988 | 65 | #1,266 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,314 |
| 1986 | 44 | #1,510 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,189 |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,264 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,264 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,192 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,207 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,227 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,177 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 48 | #1,289 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,056 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,455 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,409 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,253 |
| 1972 | 37 | #1,391 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,466 |
| 1970 | 36 | #1,395 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,492 |
| 1968 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1966 | 33 | #1,326 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,326 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | 33 | #1,366 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,466 |
| 1960 | 30 | #1,462 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,227 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,203 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,284 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,197 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,150 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,014 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,405 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,251 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1947 | 51 | #999 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,110 |
| 1945 | 43 | #971 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,055 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,187 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,268 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,019 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,103 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,171 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1935 | 30 | #1,226 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,281 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,141 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,194 |
| 1930 | 47 | #990 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,195 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,095 |
| 1927 | 30 | #1,350 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,353 |
| 1925 | 49 | #973 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,204 |
| 1923 | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1922 | 60 | #891 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,058 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,089 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,063 |
| 1918 | 49 | #949 |
| 1917 | 47 | #934 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,138 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,181 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,101 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,205 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 12 | #840 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 11 | #630 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 7 | #765 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 9 | #644 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 9 | #595 |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
Names like Marshal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
William Michael Harry Matthew Charlie Daniel Adam Lewis Jacob Max Samuel Nathan
Other spellings of Marshal
Names related to Marshal
More Germanic names
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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, “Marshal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marshal, updated 20 October 2026.