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.

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

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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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

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

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 Wales has recorded the most births with →

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

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.

Where Marsha is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Marsha, between 1976 and 2023, in 20 of those 48 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1976–1997	6	#348 in 1978
England and Wales	1996–2023	14	#1557 in 1999

Its high point came 21 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1978) than in England and Wales (1999).

No registrar recorded it for 14 years after 1981; it appears again in 1996.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

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.

Abigail#348
Alicia#348
Beverley#348
Cynthia#348
Bernice#362
Bianca#362
Breeda#362
Bronwyn#362

What is known about Marsha

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 1976–2023.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 the data shows

Popularity journey

Marsha across 2 official records

Marsha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Popularity data

Where Marsha is officially recorded

Names published alongside Marsha

What is known about Marsha

Marsha at a glance

Marsha across 2 official records

Marsha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Names published alongside Marsha