Marshae
Feminine
Marshae is an American girl's name said like the French marché, 'market'. Paris has two famous markets of that name: one named, the story goes, for fleas, and one that invented the department store.
How old is the name Marshae?
Marshae first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Marshae alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 600 people named Marshae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Marshae most popular?
Marshae peaked in 1993, reaching #3290 nationally. See the whole 1993 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Marshae
The great Paris flea market, the marché aux puces, grew up among ragpickers outside the city walls, and the usual story is that it was named for the fleas living in the old furniture and clothes sold there. Le Bon Marché, 'the good market', was turned by Aristide Boucicaut into what is often called the first department store, with fixed prices, returns and goods displayed for anyone to browse. Marshae shares that market's sound.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Marshae may build on Marsha or copy the sound of French marché, and nothing records which.
Pronouncing Marshae
mar-SHAY
Two syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Marshae
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 199334 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3290reached in 1993
- Change vs 2016
- 0.0%6 in 2021, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Marshaes among us
people named Marshae are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Marshae sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Comes with Shae as a ready short form.
- Rare, so a Marshae is unlikely to share her name.
- Bright and easy to say.
- People will write Marshay or Marchae.
- Some will hear Marsha.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Marshaes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Marshae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Marshae in 2025?
- Marshae is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Marshae with classmates?
- Marshae will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with M, all years combined.
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