Marshall

Meaning: Horse servant; keeper of horses
Origin: From Germanic (via Middle English)

Boy's name · #340 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Marshall holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#340 in 2025). About 97,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#505 in England & Wales (2025) · #443 in Canada (2024).

Famous Marshalls

Marshall McLuhan — Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar (1911–1980)
Marshall Warren Nirenberg — American biochemist and geneticist (1927–2010)
Marshall Allman — American actor
Marshall Sahlins — American anthropologist (1930–2021)
Marshall Rosenberg — American psychologist (1934–2015)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 184,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

George Marshall — American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)
Garry Marshall — American actor and filmmaker (1934–2016)
Alfred Marshall — British economist (1842–1924)

In stories & tradition

Marshall Eriksen — How I Met Your Mother (TV series)
Marshall Law — Tekken (video game)
Marshall Flinkman — Alias (TV series)

What Marshalls become

Among 572 notable people named Marshall:

Business leaders appear 1.49× more often than among typical names — e.g. Marshall Field, American businessman (1834–1906).

Similar names: Lewis · Martin · Alonzo · Edgar · Royal · Charlie

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