Marcia

Where Marcia comes from

From Latin Marcia, feminine form of Marcius, a derivative of Marcus, ultimately from Mārs, the god of war.
— Wiktionary's entry for Marcia
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #580 among girls — 9 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1951
    Peak, #74
    5,299 babies named Marcia — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1959
    Marcia Gay Harden born
    American actress
  4. 1962
    Marcia Cross born
    American actress
  5. 1962
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #168.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Marcia Cross · American actress, born 1962
  • Marcia Gay Harden · American actress, born 1959
  • Marcia Wallace Peams · American actress and comedian, 1942–2013
  • Marcia Fudge · American attorney and politician, born 1952
  • Marcia Strassman · American actress and singer, 1948–2014

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.