Baby name

FADING GIRL · LATIN-AMERICAN ENGLISH
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Marsha

/MAR · shah/


“Of Mars”

American phonetic spelling of Marcia, from Latin Marcius related to Mars the god of war; peaked strongly in mid-century American culture.

mar

warm

How it ages.

Firmly mid-century American; due for reconsideration as grandma names cycle back.

The cultural moment.

High use in the US from the 1940s through 1960s; rare among newborns since the 1990s.