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How popular is the name Marshal?

Births per year, rank history and how many Marshals are alive today.

Marshal (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2005, when 18 babies were given the name, the 1135th most popular that year. It has declined since 2005; the 2025 figure is roughly 17% of its peak.

The Marshal you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Marshals born in England and Wales are between 14 and 24, and there are at least 210 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Marshal - on average, only one in every 1,443 such rooms contains a Marshal.

How many babies are named Marshal each year?

051015200020201996: 31997: 31998: 41999: 42000: 102001: 92002: 72003: 132004: 92005: 182006: 162007: 132008: 62009: 112010: 102011: 82012: 52013: 72014: 72015: 42016: 72018: 52019: 32023: 32025: 3actual

Where does Marshal rank among boys' names?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 2,8631997: ranked 2,8591998: ranked 2,4191999: ranked 2,4252000: ranked 1,3302001: ranked 1,4672002: ranked 1,7992003: ranked 1,2482004: ranked 1,7322005: ranked 1,1352006: ranked 1,2802007: ranked 1,5782008: ranked 2,7752009: ranked 1,8592010: ranked 2,0362011: ranked 2,3902012: ranked 3,4162013: ranked 2,6602014: ranked 2,6902015: ranked 3,9082016: ranked 2,8042018: ranked 3,4122019: ranked 4,7022023: ranked 4,9922025: ranked 5,137

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Marshal per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 18 in 2005
Marshal: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Marshal most popular?

Marshal peaked in 2005, when 18 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Marshal?

At least 210 people named Marshal born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Marshal?

Most living Marshals are between 14 and 24; the most common age is about 20.

Is Marshal becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2005 peak.






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