girls:
15 births since 1970
#5701 (0th percentile)
boys:
615 births since 1973
#3971 (13th percentile)
overall:
630 births since 1970
#7109 (8th percentile)
The name Marshon is the #7,109 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 630 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 8.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,971 (13.4% percentile) for all time with 615 births since 1973. For girls, it ranks #5,701 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 1970.
Marshon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for girls and 1973 for boys). Birth data for Marshon is available in 48 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (46 years for boys and 3 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 Marshon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.6% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1974, the name was more popular for girls (62.5% girls from 1970 to 1973), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (99.2% boys from 1974 to 2023).
For boys, Marshon reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #774) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Marshon ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 38.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Marshon reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #769) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1990.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marshon".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Marshon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.5% confident that Marshon is pronounced as MAHR-shuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-shahn, at 36.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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