Marsha

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Marsha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Marsha: Recorded since 1976, with a gap of 14 years, its highest recorded position is #348, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#348highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Marsha's record

Absent from every published list for 14 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1998	#2165
1999	#1557
2000	#3912
2001	#2783
2002	#3409
2003	#3099
2005	#2970
2006	#3548
2007	#2085
2008	#3860
2011	#4764
2012	#5876
2023	#4709

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 14 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1976–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #429 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1976–1997
Highest recorded position: #348 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1978 (recorded 1976–1997).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Marsha appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 14 ranked years and 81 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1976.

Marsha across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Marsha's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1914 (1996)	#1557 (1999)	#4709 (2023)	14 of 28	81 (1996–2023)	11 (1999)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#429 (1976)	#348 (1978)	#576 (1997)	6 of 22	26 (1976–1997)	8 (1978)

Marsha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Marsha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	3 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	44	8 of 10	6
2010s	7	2 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Marsha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1976 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #348 in Republic of Ireland in 1978.

Marsha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1976 and 2023, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #348, first reached in 1978.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 14 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
14 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,709position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
20 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
11births registered in its largest year, 1999Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Marry · #261, 13y
Marsel · #2443, 11y
Marshall · #165, 29y
Marta · #92, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kenechukwu · #348, 22y
Vihaan · #348, 20y
Adedamola · #347, 22y
Karena · #349, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Jaran · #347, 26y
Karena · #349, 25y
Rania · #349, 42y
Alena · #350, 30y

Marsha was ranked #348 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1978. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Marsha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Marsha without appearing here.

Marsha moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3860 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #5785.
Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5876 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5876 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5876 and #4171 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Marsha

Mila Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1557 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1313.
Kai Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4764 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #3285.
Selma Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1557 and #2444 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1389.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.

Moved the opposite way to Marsha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marsha went from #1914 to #4709 while Ada went from #2683 to #37.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marsha went from #1914 to #4709 while Alma went from #2096 to #228.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marsha went from #1914 to #4709 while Alyssa went from #783 to #241.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marsha went from #1914 to #4709 while Amalie went from #2096 to #865.

Moved the same way as Marsha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marsha went from #1914 to #4709 and Abigail from #21 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marsha went from #1914 to #4709 and Aimee from #70 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marsha went from #1914 to #4709 and Aisling from #440 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marsha went from #1914 to #4709 and Alex from #161 to #2504.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1976 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #348 in Republic of Ireland in 1978. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Marsha

Marsha at a glance

What stands out in Marsha's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marsha across 2 official records

Marsha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Marsha appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Marsha at a glance

What stands out in Marsha's record

Marsha across 2 official records

Marsha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Marsha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Marsha

Marsha and the names beside it

Marsha moved ahead of

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