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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #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 1951

girls
#74
5,299 births · 1 in 340 girls
boys
#3,364
6 births · 1 in 313,806 boys

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #74Marcia5,299

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #3,364Marcia6
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 340 of them was named Marcia, which outranked 98.8% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcia
  1. #71Cathy5,697
  2. #72Lynn5,629
  3. #73Joanne5,358
  4. #74Marcia5,299
  5. #75Maria5,236
  6. #76Marsha5,188
  7. #77Sally5,138
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

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

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 313,806 of them was named Marcia, which outranked 20.9% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcia
  1. #3,066Yves7
  2. #3,066Zan7
  3. #3,066Zenas7
  4. #3,364Marcia6
  5. #3,364Abie6
  6. #3,364Abundio6
  7. #3,364Acey6
  8. #3,714Abbie5
  9. #3,714Abron5
  10. #3,714Acy5

Tied with 349 names at #3,364; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 428Kimberly#1,139#711
  2. 372Cole#1,364#992
  3. 357Wayland#1,272#915
  4. 354Ricki#1,139#785
  5. 346Lou#1,289#943
Fallers
  1. 944Jory#960#1,904
  2. 502Samual#960#1,462
  3. 426Carlyle#918#1,344
  4. 319Shaun#899#1,218
  5. 318Tex#977#1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951