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Marshelia

About 35 American babies have been named Marshelia since 1957, most of them around 1957. It has not appeared in the national data since 1971. About 30 Marshelias are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 68.

Popularity, 1880–2025

Births per year, 1880 to 2025 0 5 10 15 20 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

girls named Marshelia

By the numbers

Total US births
35
Estimated living today
30
Median age today
68
Peak year
1957
Best rank
2,727th
Rank in 2025
unranked
First recorded
1957

Where Marshelia is most common

Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.

Names of 1957

The most popular girls’ names the year Marshelia peaked:

All the names of 1957

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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.