Marcy

Where Marcy comes from

The dictionaries list Marcy as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,526 among girls, 11 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1946
    Marcy Kaptur born
    American politician
  3. 1971
    Peak, #256
    1,155 babies named Marcy — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1973
    Marcy Borders born
    subject of iconic 9/11 photograph
  5. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #383.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Marcy Kaptur · American politician, born 1946
  • Marcy Borders · subject of iconic 9/11 photograph, 1973–2015
  • Marcy Walker · American minister and former actress, born 1961
  • Marcy McGuire · American actress and singer, 1925–2021
  • Marcy Harriell · American actress, born 1953

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.