Marcy

#3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births · Last seen for boys in 1985 at #6,523
Given to girls 98.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1971 · 1,155 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,787
since 1915

Marcy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marcy has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #256, 1971girls
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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#3,45944
2024#3,69541
2023#3,83339
2022#4,47231
2021#3,73540
2020#3,91536
2019#4,77328
2018#4,76828
2017#5,33824
2016#3,84939
2015#4,40332
2014#5,31025
2013#3,70341
2012#4,83629
2011#5,35825
2010#4,97428
2009#4,01338
2008#5,57425
2007#4,38034
2006#4,46332
2005#4,82827
2004#3,33345
2003#3,65538
2002#3,28342
2001#3,70335
2000#2,97447
1999#2,81248
1998#3,22238
1997#2,62248
1996#2,28258
1995#1,95570
1994#2,46551
1993#1,66490
1992#1,474107
1991#1,233138
1990#1,036173
1989#1,067158
1988#923183
1987#935175
1986#909177
1985#838194#6,5235
1984#687244
1983#720231#6,2385
1982#603297
1981#540348
1980#460460#6,2505
1979#468429
1978#489397
1977#490389#5,8455
1976#428468
1975#383536#4,7976
1974#325682#5,2275
1973#333663#3,22310
1972#280917#3,6228
1971#2561,155#4,3756
1970#346742#3,5218
1969#347671
1968#382579#2,73510
1967#406514
1966#410513#3,5376
1965#429479#3,2447
1964#405579
1963#390610#3,0448
1962#370644#4,0335
1961#418543#3,3567
1960#424527#3,3377
1959#419512#3,0378
1958#424490#3,9445
1957#428481#3,2577
1956#464400
1955#434420
1954#458371
1953#454362
1952#420412
1951#430375
1950#560220#3,6815
1949#581203
1948#689145#2,6089
1947#676154#3,7335
1946#695134
1945#692116#3,3385
1944#82186
1943#83886
1942#1,01959#2,9407
1941#1,20639
1940#1,04647#3,4595
1939#1,19437
1938#1,25034
1937#1,58023#2,4799
1936#1,16537
1935#1,55023#3,6455
1934#1,34429
1933#1,90617#3,6425
1932#1,81719
1931#1,45926
1930#1,74821
1929#1,64223
1928#1,83721#2,65910
1927#1,93520#4,2105
1926#2,87211#3,3857
1925#2,11918#3,7416
1924#2,97311
1923#3,3509#3,8226
1922#3,3799#3,5327
1921#2,37815#3,5177
1920#4,3986
1919#3,8177
1918#3,02410#4,1795
1917#2,42813#3,5456
1916#3,5527
1915#2,52611#2,6219
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Marcy! It came in at #2,526, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Marcy is popular in 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedNHWashington: #317 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,020 girlsWAIdaho: #255 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,285 girlsIDMontana: #213 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 955 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #311 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,583 girlsMNIllinois: #336 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 2,759 girlsILWisconsin: #397 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,992 girlsWIMichigan: #334 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,849 girlsMINew York: #328 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 2,466 girlsNYMassachusetts: #349 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,392 girlsMARhode Island: #222 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,634 girlsRIOregon: #253 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,348 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedSDIowa: #411 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,691 girlsIAIndiana: #390 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,598 girlsINOhio: #364 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 3,287 girlsOHPennsylvania: #263 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 1,893 girlsPANew Jersey: #431 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,817 girlsNJConnecticut: #311 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,735 girlsCTCalifornia: #468 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 4,015 girlsCAUtah: #321 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,778 girlsUTColorado: #463 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,908 girlsCONebraska: #325 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,411 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #308 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,485 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedVAMaryland: #342 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,015 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedDEArizona: #394 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,522 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedNMKansas: #295 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,910 girlsKSArkansas: #426 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,558 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #427 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,495 girlsOKLouisiana: #418 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,986 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedALGeorgia: #564 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,363 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedHITexas: #622 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,968 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#213 · 1 in 955
  2. Rhode Island#222 · 1 in 1,634
  3. Oregon#253 · 1 in 1,348
  4. Idaho#255 · 1 in 1,285
  5. Pennsylvania#263 · 1 in 1,893

Best ever in a state: #98 in Wyoming, 1971.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#21371 in 955
Rhode Island#22251 in 1,634
Oregon#253121 in 1,348
Idaho#25551 in 1,285
Pennsylvania#263591 in 1,893
Kansas#295111 in 1,910
West Virginia#30871 in 2,485
Connecticut#31191 in 2,735
Minnesota#311151 in 2,583
Washington#317141 in 2,020
Utah#32161 in 1,778
Nebraska#32561 in 2,411
New York#328681 in 2,466
Michigan#334311 in 2,849
Illinois#336391 in 2,759
Maryland#342101 in 3,015
Massachusetts#349121 in 4,392
Ohio#364321 in 3,287
Indiana#390141 in 3,598
Arizona#39461 in 2,522
Wisconsin#39791 in 4,992
Iowa#41161 in 4,691
Louisiana#418131 in 2,986
Arkansas#42651 in 3,558
Oklahoma#42761 in 3,495
New Jersey#431121 in 4,817
Colorado#46351 in 3,908
California#468431 in 4,015
Georgia#56471 in 6,363
Texas#622191 in 5,968
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Marcy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 236 spots since 2024 (#3,695#3,459)
  • 456 spots since 2020 (#3,915#3,459)
  • 944 spots since 2015 (#4,403#3,459)
  • Biggest jump: 181 spots in 1943 (#1,019#838)
  • Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1985 (#687#838)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1971 at #256 (1,155 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1943–1988
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,441
  • Highest: 1 in 1,441 girls born in 1971 were named Marcy (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 36,529 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 29.3% of all girls named Marcy (6,378) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s48#2,428 (1917)#3,069
1920s143#1,642 (1929)#2,688
1930s266#1,165 (1936)#1,501
1940s1,069#581 (1949)#826
1950s4,043#419 (1959)#449
1960s5,659#347 (1969)#398
1970s6,378#256 (1971)#380
1980s2,467#460 (1980)#768
1990s821#1,036 (1990)#2,077
2000s363#2,974 (2000)#4,021
2010s299#3,703 (2013)#4,731
2020s231#3,459 (2025)#3,852

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.

Marcy in 1960

girls
#424
527 births · 1 in 3,837 girls
boys
#3,337
7 births · 1 in 304,617 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #424Marcy527

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #3,337Marcy7
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 3,837 of them was named Marcy, which outranked 94.2% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcy
  1. #420Verna532
  2. #422Ladonna529
  3. #423Lorri528
  4. #424Marcy527
  5. #425Tammi525
  6. #426Colette524
  7. #427Jolene522
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 1,798Lisha#2,395#597
  2. 1,223Elana#2,108#885
  3. 667Leisha#1,537#870
  4. 513Misty#1,214#701
  5. 462Loriann#1,396#934
Fallers
  1. 421Taryn#771#1,192
  2. 335Cheryll#993#1,328
  3. 305Marilynn#724#1,029
  4. 304Drema#997#1,301
  5. 258Merrie#978#1,236

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

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 304,617 of them was named Marcy, which outranked 27.4% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcy
  1. #3,077Woodson8
  2. #3,077Wynton8
  3. #3,077Yvon8
  4. #3,337Marcy7
  5. #3,337Adin7
  6. #3,337Adonis7
  7. #3,337Adrienne7
  8. #3,665Abbott6
  9. #3,665Abby6
  10. #3,665Abdon6

Tied with 327 names at #3,337; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 3,061Stephon#3,988#927
  2. 1,039Kennedy#1,759#720
  3. 489Darryle#1,416#927
  4. 379Garret#1,360#981
  5. 373Darryll#1,324#951
Fallers
  1. 333Grayling#987#1,320
  2. 327Lucious#946#1,273
  3. 274Brion#919#1,193
  4. 261Gail#747#1,008
  5. 254Delton#939#1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1960