Marshall
Boy · MAR-shal · Germanic
Marshall is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “horse servant”. In 2025 it ranked 552nd for boys in the UK (77 babies) and 340th for boys in the US (977 babies).
What does Marshall mean?
Germanic: 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.
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- MAR-shal
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Is Marshall a girl's or a boy's name?
Marshall is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 77 boys in the UK and 977 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marshall in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #552among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 3,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 77 boys in the UK were named Marshall, making it the 552nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 459th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 249 boys.
Half of all the boys named Marshall in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 boys in the UK were given Marshall or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #507, up from #552 for this spelling alone.
- Marshall 77
- Marshal 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 497th in England and Wales.
Marshall in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #552 |
| 2024 | 66 | #634 |
| 2023 | 70 | #592 |
| 2022 | 71 | #589 |
| 2021 | 94 | #480 |
| 2020 | 96 | #459 |
| 2019 | 120 | #407 |
| 2018 | 131 | #381 |
| 2017 | 164 | #338 |
| 2016 | 159 | #340 |
| 2015 | 167 | #318 |
| 2014 | 190 | #282 |
| 2013 | 137 | #346 |
| 2012 | 144 | #347 |
| 2011 | 149 | #333 |
| 2010 | 122 | #372 |
| 2009 | 98 | #427 |
| 2008 | 99 | #417 |
| 2007 | 130 | #327 |
| 2006 | 166 | #251 |
| 2005 | 162 | #242 |
| 2004 | 199 | #208 |
| 2003 | 249 | #176 |
| 2002 | 153 | #231 |
| 2001 | 187 | #196 |
| 2000 | 90 | #333 |
| 1999 | 41 | #540 |
| 1998 | 26 | #714 |
| 1997 | 32 | #599 |
| 1996 | 26 | #662 |
How popular is Marshall in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #340among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 977about 1 in 1,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 977 boys in the US were named Marshall, making it the 340th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 366th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 1,269 boys.
2025 had more boys named Marshall than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Marshall in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marshall in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 977 | #340 |
| 2024 | 834 | #391 |
| 2023 | 821 | #388 |
| 2022 | 840 | #384 |
| 2021 | 860 | #378 |
| 2020 | 851 | #366 |
| 2019 | 873 | #366 |
| 2018 | 944 | #349 |
| 2017 | 938 | #357 |
| 2016 | 1,011 | #344 |
| 2015 | 1,102 | #319 |
| 2014 | 1,087 | #319 |
| 2013 | 995 | #328 |
| 2012 | 888 | #347 |
| 2011 | 894 | #338 |
| 2010 | 770 | #374 |
| 2009 | 735 | #402 |
| 2008 | 774 | #389 |
| 2007 | 712 | #409 |
| 2006 | 690 | #417 |
| 2005 | 640 | #418 |
| 2004 | 741 | #376 |
| 2003 | 799 | #348 |
| 2002 | 717 | #366 |
| 2001 | 786 | #346 |
| 2000 | 796 | #344 |
| 1999 | 738 | #353 |
| 1998 | 740 | #353 |
| 1997 | 738 | #348 |
| 1996 | 855 | #310 |
| 1995 | 824 | #317 |
| 1994 | 833 | #314 |
| 1993 | 883 | #308 |
| 1992 | 881 | #304 |
| 1991 | 850 | #301 |
| 1990 | 927 | #281 |
| 1989 | 847 | #289 |
| 1988 | 841 | #275 |
| 1987 | 727 | #296 |
| 1986 | 744 | #282 |
| 1985 | 717 | #285 |
| 1984 | 792 | #265 |
| 1983 | 834 | #250 |
| 1982 | 817 | #264 |
| 1981 | 824 | #261 |
| 1980 | 825 | #263 |
| 1979 | 758 | #273 |
| 1978 | 718 | #272 |
| 1977 | 686 | #283 |
| 1976 | 651 | #288 |
| 1975 | 621 | #302 |
| 1974 | 648 | #289 |
| 1973 | 619 | #294 |
| 1972 | 645 | #287 |
| 1971 | 675 | #295 |
| 1970 | 750 | #282 |
| 1969 | 723 | #276 |
| 1968 | 705 | #278 |
| 1967 | 675 | #277 |
| 1966 | 660 | #291 |
| 1965 | 779 | #265 |
| 1964 | 831 | #267 |
| 1963 | 780 | #276 |
| 1962 | 838 | #263 |
| 1961 | 898 | #262 |
| 1960 | 892 | #268 |
| 1959 | 945 | #260 |
| 1958 | 1,039 | #241 |
| 1957 | 1,096 | #228 |
| 1956 | 1,114 | #219 |
| 1955 | 1,106 | #215 |
| 1954 | 1,102 | #210 |
| 1953 | 1,037 | #211 |
| 1952 | 1,087 | #202 |
| 1951 | 1,080 | #197 |
| 1950 | 1,082 | #194 |
| 1949 | 1,111 | #187 |
| 1948 | 1,158 | #181 |
| 1947 | 1,269 | #174 |
| 1946 | 1,077 | #175 |
| 1945 | 969 | #169 |
| 1944 | 1,007 | #169 |
| 1943 | 1,020 | #172 |
| 1942 | 952 | #173 |
| 1941 | 869 | #175 |
| 1940 | 809 | #181 |
| 1939 | 782 | #182 |
| 1938 | 819 | #180 |
| 1937 | 805 | #177 |
| 1936 | 710 | #184 |
| 1935 | 661 | #193 |
| 1934 | 676 | #188 |
| 1933 | 674 | #182 |
| 1932 | 639 | #200 |
| 1931 | 667 | #195 |
| 1930 | 741 | #188 |
| 1929 | 694 | #197 |
| 1928 | 727 | #195 |
| 1927 | 787 | #184 |
| 1926 | 765 | #190 |
| 1925 | 830 | #176 |
| 1924 | 856 | #169 |
| 1923 | 781 | #178 |
| 1922 | 854 | #171 |
| 1921 | 896 | #164 |
| 1920 | 850 | #162 |
| 1919 | 817 | #164 |
| 1918 | 878 | #156 |
| 1917 | 777 | #161 |
| 1916 | 739 | #163 |
| 1915 | 715 | #160 |
| 1914 | 533 | #166 |
| 1913 | 426 | #164 |
| 1912 | 397 | #151 |
| 1911 | 178 | #177 |
| 1910 | 125 | #205 |
| 1909 | 134 | #177 |
| 1908 | 160 | #147 |
| 1907 | 118 | #184 |
| 1906 | 107 | #170 |
| 1905 | 119 | #166 |
| 1904 | 116 | #163 |
| 1903 | 94 | #174 |
| 1902 | 94 | #180 |
| 1901 | 67 | #208 |
| 1900 | 126 | #167 |
| 1899 | 70 | #193 |
| 1898 | 109 | #157 |
| 1897 | 82 | #186 |
| 1896 | 118 | #141 |
| 1895 | 100 | #156 |
| 1894 | 93 | #165 |
| 1893 | 98 | #152 |
| 1892 | 93 | #170 |
| 1891 | 80 | #161 |
| 1890 | 73 | #183 |
| 1889 | 77 | #173 |
| 1888 | 91 | #164 |
| 1887 | 69 | #182 |
| 1886 | 105 | #131 |
| 1885 | 78 | #169 |
| 1884 | 88 | #157 |
| 1883 | 79 | #160 |
| 1882 | 83 | #163 |
| 1881 | 56 | #203 |
| 1880 | 78 | #168 |
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