Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Marsh

#8,104 most common boys' name of all time · #20,431 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#8,104
Rank overall
#20,431 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
414
Since 2016
29
Peak year
1954 #2,774
Best rank
#828 1882
Girls Boys peak 15/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Marsh first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,043
2024 — 10 10 #7,778
2023 — 9 9 #8,280
2022 — 5 5 #12,369
1994 — 5 5 #8,837
1989 — 5 5 #7,951
1980 — 5 5 #6,315
1977 — 5 5 #5,897
1975 — 8 8 #3,972
1973 — 10 10 #3,257
1970 — 5 5 #4,778
1968 — 8 8 #3,134
1967 — 8 8 #3,024
1965 — 5 5 #3,975
1964 — 8 8 #3,075
1962 5 8 13 #3,065
1959 — 8 8 #3,070
1958 — 7 7 #3,318
1957 — 9 9 #2,849
1956 — 13 13 #2,283
1955 — 9 9 #2,788
1954 6 9 15 #2,774
1953 — 10 10 #2,556
1952 — 11 11 #2,404
1951 — 7 7 #3,094
1950 — 5 5 #3,734
1948 — 7 7 #3,056
1946 — 5 5 #3,578
1945 — 6 6 #3,041
1943 — 7 7 #2,995
1942 — 5 5 #3,604
1941 — 8 8 #2,703
1939 — 10 10 #2,330
1938 — 13 13 #1,999
1936 — 5 5 #3,608
1934 — 7 7 #3,015
1933 — 6 6 #3,317
1932 — 8 8 #2,883
1930 — 6 6 #3,641
1929 — 5 5 #4,012
1928 — 10 10 #2,682
1927 — 10 10 #2,733
1925 — 5 5 #4,248
1924 — 9 9 #3,043
1923 — 6 6 #3,858
1922 — 8 8 #3,282
1921 — 5 5 #4,362
1920 — 8 8 #3,235
1919 — 7 7 #3,428
1918 — 5 5 #4,216
1916 — 12 12 #2,286
1914 — 6 6 #2,954
1913 — 5 5 #2,866
1910 — 5 5 #1,645
1882 — 7 7 #828