Marshall
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Marshall
Earthy but sophisticated, Marshall is an occupational surname, and despite the sounds, it isn't military or martial in any way. Rather, it stems from the Norman French for someone caring for horses.
It's been used as a first name since the 19th-century and has been in the Top 1000 every year since it started to publish its data in 1880. It typically ranks between the 200-400 mark, making it a totally familiar choice, used throughout history but never becoming over saturated.
Marshall is the real name of rapper Eminem, and it got some attention during the heyday of communications maven Marshall McLuhan. Peyton Manning named his son Marshall, and Jason Segel played the character of Marshall Eriksen on How I Met Your Mother.
With cool nicknames Mars and Marsh, Mars was given to around 800 boys in the US in a recent year, playing it in the Top 400, while in England and Wales it ranked at #613.
Marshall is also given to girls.
Pronounced MAR-shul.
As of October 2026, Marshall ranked #340 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #132 in 1886, Nameberry popularity #715.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #319 | 1,086 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #319 | 1,102 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #345 | 1,010 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #357 | 938 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #350 | 943 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #366 | 873 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #366 | 851 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #379 | 858 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #384 | 840 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #388 | 819 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #391 | 830 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #340 | 977 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Marshall for boys
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Marshall on lists
Famous Marshalls
- Marshall Scot AllmanBoy
American actor
- Marshall Bruce Mathers III aka EminemBoy
American rapper
- (Archibald) Marshall BellBoy
American actor
- Marshall Howard CrenshawBoy
American pop musician
- Marshall William FaulkBoy
American football player
- Marshall Edward NewhouseBoy
American football player
- (Herbert) Marshall McLuhanBoy
Canadian professor of media theory
- Marshall HolmanBoy
American ten,pin bowler
- Marshall LancasterBoy
English actor
- Marshall Kirk McKusickBoy
American scientist
- Marshall Bruce PerronBoy
Australian politician
- Marshall Nicholas RosenbluthBoy
American physicist
- Marshall Walter "Major" TaylorBoy
American track cyclist
- Marshall Williams Manning (b. 2011)Boy
son of former American football quarterback Peyton Manning
- Marshall Patrick Kennedy (b. 2018)Boy
son of American politician and mental health advocate Patrick Kennedy
- James Marshall "Jimi" HendrixBoy
American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
- John MarshallBoy
extremely influential American chief justice of the Supreme Court
- George MarshallBoy
famed American military leader in WWII
- Marshall Lloyd Bush RossiBoy
daughter of Marvin Bush, granddaughter of Barbara and George H. W. Bush
Marshall in pop culture
- Marshall EriksenBoy
character on TV's "How I Met Your Mother"
- Marshall Lee AbadeerBoy
gender,swapped version of Marceline on "Adventure Time"
- Marshall FlinkmanBoy
character on TV's Alias
- Marshall MannBoy
character on the TV series "In Plain Sight"
- Marshall IslandsBoy
country in the central Pacific
- Marshall University; university named after John Marshall in HuntingtonBoy
WV
- Marshall'sBoy
department store
- Also a girl's nameBoy
like Marshall Bush.