Marcy

Where Marcy comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Marcy.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Marcy through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,526 among girls with 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, the most in any year.
  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.