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Marshall

“Horse servant; keeper of horses” — Germanic (via Middle English) origin

Boy's name · #340 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Marshall has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #131 (1886) · 97,447 babies named Marshall all-time · 1 in 1,800 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,200 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 3,500 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Marshalls

• Marshall McLuhan — Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar (1911–1980)
• Marshall Warren Nirenberg — American biochemist and geneticist (1927-2010)
• Marshall Allman — American actor
• Marshall Sahlins — American anthropologist (1930-2021)
• Marshall Rosenberg — American psychologist (1934-2015)

In stories & tradition

• Marshall Eriksen — How I Met Your Mother
• Marshall Law — Tekken · Tekken 2
• Marshall Flinkman — Alias

What Marshalls become

Among 572 notable people named Marshall:

Business leaders appear 1.49× more often than among typical names — e.g. Marshall Field, American businessman (1834–1906).

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