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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #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 1915

No state had 5 or more girls named Marcy in 1915, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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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 1915

girls
#2,526
11 births · 1 in 89,441 girls
boys
#2,621
9 births · 1 in 94,286 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #2,526Marcy11

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #2,621Marcy9
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 89,441 of them was named Marcy, which outranked 49.1% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcy
  1. #2,384Wladyslawa12
  2. #2,384Wretha12
  3. #2,384Wynema12
  4. #2,526Marcy11
  5. #2,526Abby11
  6. #2,526Adina11
  7. #2,526Adrian11
  8. #2,688Adra10
  9. #2,688Agda10
  10. #2,688Aiko10

Tied with 161 names at #2,526; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 500Gerda#1,444 → #944
  2. ↑ 451Theda#1,034 → #583
  3. ↑ 441Dominga#1,385 → #944
  4. ↑ 354Vernon#1,344 → #990
  5. ↑ 308Loyce#1,147 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Drusilla#956 → #1,339
  2. ↓ 342Rossie#798 → #1,140
  3. ↓ 335Arlie#855 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 329Orene#956 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 329Margot#988 → #1,317

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

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 94,286 of them was named Marcy, which outranked 40.3% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcy
  1. #2,458Zigmont10
  2. #2,458Zollie10
  3. #2,458Zygmond10
  4. #2,621Marcy9
  5. #2,621Ada9
  6. #2,621Alanson9
  7. #2,621Albertus9
  8. #2,829Abdon8
  9. #2,829Abie8
  10. #2,829Acel8

Tied with 207 names at #2,621; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 691Eston#1,687 → #996
  2. ↑ 565Estill#1,545 → #980
  3. ↑ 545Garth#1,260 → #715
  4. ↑ 474Hiroshi#1,342 → #868
  5. ↑ 439Domingo#1,101 → #662
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Gilmore#986 → #1,660
  2. ↓ 667Barnett#933 → #1,600
  3. ↓ 526Rose#884 → #1,410
  4. ↓ 517Toivo#855 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 461Sampson#949 → #1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915 →