girls:
636 births since 1950
#5080 (11th percentile)
boys:
925 births since 1913
#3666 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1913
#6185 (20th percentile)
The name Marshell is the #6,185 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,561 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 20.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,666 (20.0% percentile) for all time with 925 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,080 (11.1% percentile) for all time with 636 births since 1950.
Marshell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1950 for girls). Birth data for Marshell is available in 89 out of the 95 years between 1913 and 2007 (74 years for boys and 50 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Marshell has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (59.3% of all recorded births). In 2007, 100.0% of babies named Marshell were boys.
For boys, Marshell reached its peak popularity in 1930, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #505) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1930, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2007.
For girls, Marshell reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #747) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marshell".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Marshell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.7% confident that Marshell is pronounced as MAHR-shehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-shuhl, at 36.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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