Fun Facts About the Name Marsh
- 414 babies named Marsh: U.S. records list 414 babies given the name Marsh from 1880 through 2025. Even 11 girls received the name Marsh - about 1 girl for every 37 boys.
What Does the Name Marsh Mean?
Marsh is an English surname meaning "dweller by the marsh." It comes from Middle English mersh or mersch, "marsh, swamp," which developed from Old English merisc and mersc, also meaning "marsh." The surname began as a topographic name for a person who lived near or on marshy ground. As a given name, Marsh is a transferred use of that surname, so its meaning comes from the surname rather than from an independent personal-name tradition.
Marsh Name History & Origins
The word behind the name is Old English merisc or mersc, a term for marshy land. In Middle English it appeared as mersh and mersch, and it became a hereditary surname in medieval England. The surname Marsh described residence near marshy ground rather than parentage or occupation. English migrants carried it to North America and other English-speaking regions. In Ireland, some families named Marsh descend from the Anglo-Norman surname de Marisco, a Latinized name meaning "of the marsh."
As a first name, Marsh is a transferred surname use. It is not related to the month March or to the verb march; those words have separate histories.
How Popular is the Name Marsh?
Marsh recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1938. Its best rank was #807 in 1882.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | #7,194 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #5,529 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,222 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #8,083 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #8,672 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #13,621 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #9,744 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #8,769 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1980 | #6,893 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #6,475 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #4,171 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #3,354 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #5,187 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #3,272 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #3,145 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #4,253 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #3,190 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #3,207 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1959 | #3,186 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1958 | #3,466 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #2,953 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #2,334 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1955 | #2,896 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1954 | #2,881 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1953 | #2,651 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1952 | #2,457 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1951 | #3,251 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1950 | #4,010 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1948 | #3,201 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1946 | #3,833 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #3,205 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #3,133 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1942 | #3,880 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #2,803 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1939 | #2,390 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1938 | #2,060 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1936 | #3,880 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1934 | #3,181 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1933 | #3,509 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1932 | #3,011 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1930 | #3,856 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #4,342 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1928 | #2,776 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1927 | #2,838 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1925 | #4,651 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1924 | #3,167 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1923 | #4,089 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1922 | #3,439 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1921 | #4,743 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #3,389 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1919 | #3,623 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1918 | #4,572 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1916 | #2,347 | 12 | 0.0013% |
| 1914 | #3,129 | 6 | 0.0009% |
| 1913 | #3,101 | 5 | 0.0010% |
| 1910 | #1,763 | 5 | 0.0026% |
| 1882 | #807 | 7 | 0.0062% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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