boys:
389 births since 1916
#4197 (8th percentile)
overall:
389 births since 1916
#7350 (5th percentile)
The name Marston is the #7,350 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 389 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 5.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,197 (8.4% percentile) for all time with 389 births since 1916.
Marston first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (first recorded for boys in 1916). Birth data for Marston is available in 49 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Marston reached its peak popularity in 1943, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #559) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Marston ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 45.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marston".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Marston. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 97.4% confident that Marston is pronounced as MAHR-stuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-suhn, at 2.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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