Marsha is an English female given name derived from the Mars landscape feature, typically referring to the planet Mars itself. It was initially introduced as a girls' name by author John Betjeman in his poem 'How to Get to Know the Birds', published in 1938.
The name Marsha was quite popular from the 1940s to the late 1960s, with a peak of 14 births in 1955. However, its popularity declined significantly after the 1970s, with fewer than 10 births recorded each year from 1980 onwards. Overall, there were 251 babies named Marsha between 1942 and 1988.