Girls' name · peaked in 1950
Marsha name popularity since 1925
104,189 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Marsha. Half of them were born in 1954 or earlier, so the typical Marsha is about 72 years old in 2026. Marsha peaked in 1950 as the #68 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 104,189
- Named Marsha, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #7,749 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 103,938 girls · 251 boys
- Most popular in
- Kansas
- 2.18× its national share
Peak year is the year Marsha made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Marsha births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1952. Measured as a share of all babies, Marsha peaked in 1950.
- Fastest rise: Between 1935 and 1940, Marsha became 4.7× more common, from 1 in 7,330 baby girls to 1 in 1,550.
- Steepest fall: Between 1981 and 1986, its share of baby girls fell by 58%, from 1 in 2,980 to 1 in 7,150.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Marsha's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Marsha.
Decade by decade
Babies named Marsha in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 182 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 2,515 | 0 | #537 |
| 1940s | 27,414 | 61 | #113 |
| 1950s | 41,552 | 84 | #106 |
| 1960s | 16,645 | 54 | #214 |
| 1970s | 10,415 | 41 | #246 |
| 1980s | 3,522 | 11 | #664 |
| 1990s | 1,042 | 0 | #1,968 |
| 2000s | 342 | 0 | #3,701 |
| 2010s | 218 | 0 | #6,632 |
| 2020–25 | 91 | 0 | #7,749 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
66.4% of babies named Marsha from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Marsha is most popular
The index compares Marsha's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Marsha.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 2.18× | 2,278 |
| West Virginia | 2.13× | 1,921 |
| Indiana | 1.92× | 4,656 |
| Missouri | 1.71× | 3,821 |
| Kentucky | 1.58× | 2,716 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Marsha's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Marsha.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Marsha (1950).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data