Marcia

#3,389 for girls in 2025, 45 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1951 · 5,299 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
13 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
133,320
since 1880

Marcia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #74, 1951girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,38945
2024#4,11435
2023#4,19134
2022#3,82739
2021#4,09035
2020#3,45044
2019#3,66541
2018#4,35732
2017#4,22034
2016#3,46445
2015#3,84239
2014#3,36947
2013#4,07636
2012#3,58344
2011#3,40747
2010#3,07554
2009#2,89260
2008#3,26751
2007#2,43377
2006#2,41977
2005#2,48270
2004#2,44669
2003#2,61061
2002#2,44765
2001#2,12677
2000#1,84593
1999#1,87484
1998#1,73491
1997#1,73389
1996#1,551102
1995#1,401117
1994#1,346124
1993#983188
1992#1,116159
1991#965195
1990#900213
1989#871212#7,9055
1988#759246
1987#661284
1986#666277
1985#584334
1984#543350
1983#532357
1982#465453
1981#415530
1980#414535
1979#365620
1978#325706
1977#328715
1976#304753#4,9356
1975#295795#5,4645
1974#264957#5,2275
1973#267935
1972#265995#4,9865
1971#2431,204#3,9637
1970#2441,285#4,7245
1969#2601,112
1968#2421,144
1967#2241,308#3,5596
1966#2141,418#3,5376
1965#2121,549
1964#1901,932#3,6016
1963#1802,157#2,8589
1962#1682,428
1961#1552,685#2,70610
1960#1562,694#3,0778
1959#1413,091#3,6196
1958#1283,353#3,2757
1957#1263,538#3,5526
1956#1104,069#3,9425
1955#984,412#3,2017
1954#904,744#3,1767
1953#845,062#2,39111
1952#805,210#3,7345
1951#745,299#3,3646
1950#774,955#2,7708
1949#784,651#2,6069
1948#794,640#2,02714
1947#814,472#2,49810
1946#893,946#2,40310
1945#883,206
1944#893,140
1943#962,970#3,2316
1942#1052,669#1,94614
1941#1052,430#2,33310
1940#1122,273#2,6718
1939#1092,346#2,4499
1938#1162,169#2,6468
1937#1241,948#2,19711
1936#1381,595#3,5495
1935#1491,339#3,6455
1934#1571,267
1933#1621,140#2,7388
1932#191951
1931#215799
1930#231692
1929#263584
1928#281540
1927#287538
1926#302487
1925#315448#3,7416
1924#312460
1923#292492
1922#313428
1921#307451
1920#347361
1919#357325
1918#409256
1917#445208
1916#491171
1915#462178
1914#478132
1913#472113
1912#47999
1911#49669
1910#53957
1909#50954
1908#46261
1907#58839
1906#50946
1905#57936
1904#68226
1903#52238
1902#59131
1901#72320
1900#57636
1899#64423
1898#55533
1897#59426
1896#59427
1895#53031
1894#59724
1893#41442
1892#45336
1891#48328
1890#57820
1889#48626
1888#48626
1887#52418
1886#50819
1885#43823
1884#44920
1883#38623
1882#59610
1881#47013
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Marcia was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.

See more about Marcia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 725 spots since 2024 (#4,114#3,389)
  • 61 spots since 2020 (#3,450#3,389)
  • 453 spots since 2015 (#3,842#3,389)
  • Biggest jump: 210 spots in 1883 (#596#386)
  • Biggest drop: 363 spots in 1994 (#983#1,346)
Rise & fade · girls
71 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1951 at #74 (5,299 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 13 yrs · run 1943–1955
  • Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1880–1991
Share of babies · girls
1 in 340
  • Highest: 1 in 340 girls born in 1951 were named Marcia (0.29%)
  • Latest: 1 in 35,717 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 32.8% of all girls named Marcia (43,733) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s187#386 (1883)#492
1890s290#414 (1893)#544
1900s387#462 (1908)#574
1910s1,608#357 (1919)#463
1920s4,789#263 (1929)#302
1930s14,246#109 (1939)#159
1940s34,397#78 (1949)#92
1950s43,733#74 (1951)#101
1960s18,427#155 (1961)#200
1970s8,965#243 (1971)#290
1980s3,578#414 (1980)#591
1990s1,362#900 (1990)#1,360
2000s700#1,845 (2000)#2,497
2010s419#3,075 (2010)#3,706
2020s232#3,389 (2025)#3,844

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Marcia in 1947

girls
#81
4,472 births · 1 in 396 girls
boys
#2,498
10 births · 1 in 182,960 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #81Marcia4,472

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #2,498Marcia10
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 396 of them was named Marcia, which outranked 98.7% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcia
  1. #78Geraldine4,811
  2. #79Maria4,712
  3. #80Rosemary4,542
  4. #81Marcia4,472
  5. #82Norma4,425
  6. #83Dianne4,415
  7. #84Lorraine4,414
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 417Michaele#1,276#859
  2. 385Carlotta#997#612
  3. 332Ricki#1,290#958
  4. 300Daria#1,220#920
  5. 290Ivy#1,087#797
Fallers
  1. 341Merlene#961#1,302
  2. 285Beatriz#985#1,270
  3. 276Ruthanne#874#1,150
  4. 253Estela#897#1,150
  5. 242Verla#885#1,127

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 182,960 of them was named Marcia, which outranked 41.4% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcia
  1. #2,356Wells11
  2. #2,356Wesly11
  3. #2,356Wyndell11
  4. #2,498Marcia10
  5. #2,498Abbott10
  6. #2,498Abran10
  7. #2,498Adrain10
  8. #2,671Abbie9
  9. #2,671Almond9
  10. #2,671Alpheus9

Tied with 172 names at #2,498; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 1,271Brock#2,271#1,000
  2. 586Shawn#1,509#923
  3. 500Jed#1,475#975
  4. 358Jody#935#577
  5. 355Deryl#1,355#1,000
Fallers
  1. 497Hurley#952#1,449
  2. 393Prentice#878#1,271
  3. 362Darvin#935#1,297
  4. 310Lary#826#1,136
  5. 303Judith#856#1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1947