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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #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 1972

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedAKMaine: #171 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 818 girlsMEVermont: #140 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 498 girlsVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedNHWashington: #242 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,199 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedIDMontana: #155 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 554 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #183 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 791 girlsNDMinnesota: #307 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,406 girlsMNIllinois: #216 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 1,148 girlsILWisconsin: #242 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,528 girlsWIMichigan: #177 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 897 girlsMINew York: #260 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 1,439 girlsNYMassachusetts: #192 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,141 girlsMARhode Island: #188 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,038 girlsRIOregon: #189 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 842 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: #155 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 670 girlsIAIndiana: #187 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 950 girlsINOhio: #272 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,654 girlsOHPennsylvania: #155 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 784 girlsPANew Jersey: #361 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,396 girlsNJConnecticut: #163 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 879 girlsCTCalifornia: #386 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 2,247 girlsCAUtah: #159 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 658 girlsUTColorado: #271 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,312 girlsCONebraska: #204 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,039 girlsNEMissouri: #323 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,085 girlsMOKentucky: #297 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,827 girlsKYWest Virginia: #230 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,219 girlsWVVirginia: #383 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,960 girlsVAMaryland: #435 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,430 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedDEArizona: #217 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 905 girlsAZNew Mexico: #261 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,091 girlsNMKansas: #207 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 948 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedARTennessee: #312 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,022 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #419 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,336 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #367 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,401 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #344 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,038 girlsOKLouisiana: #658 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,305 girlsLAMississippi: #435 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,889 girlsMSAlabama: #322 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,857 girlsALGeorgia: #345 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,249 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marcy, so not publishedHITexas: #405 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 2,350 girlsTXFlorida: #384 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,471 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Vermont#140 · 1 in 498
  2. Montana#155 · 1 in 554
  3. Iowa#155 · 1 in 670
  4. Pennsylvania#155 · 1 in 784
  5. Utah#159 · 1 in 658

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#14051 in 498
Iowa#155261 in 670
Montana#15571 in 554
Pennsylvania#155921 in 784
Utah#159161 in 658
Connecticut#163181 in 879
Maine#17181 in 818
Michigan#177691 in 897
North Dakota#18351 in 791
Indiana#187391 in 950
Rhode Island#18851 in 1,038
Oregon#189151 in 842
Massachusetts#192301 in 1,141
Nebraska#20491 in 1,039
Kansas#207131 in 948
Illinois#216651 in 1,148
Arizona#217161 in 905
West Virginia#230101 in 1,219
Washington#242161 in 1,199
Wisconsin#242181 in 1,528
New York#260771 in 1,439
New Mexico#26171 in 1,091
Colorado#271121 in 1,312
Ohio#272451 in 1,654
Kentucky#297131 in 1,827
Minnesota#307101 in 2,406
Tennessee#312141 in 2,022
Alabama#322131 in 1,857
Missouri#323151 in 2,085
Oklahoma#34481 in 2,038
Georgia#345161 in 2,249
New Jersey#361171 in 2,396
South Carolina#36781 in 2,401
Virginia#383101 in 2,960
Florida#384181 in 2,471
California#386611 in 2,247
Texas#405411 in 2,350
North Carolina#419111 in 3,336
Maryland#43561 in 3,430
Mississippi#43561 in 2,889
Louisiana#65851 in 5,305
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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 1972

girls
#280
917 births · 1 in 1,659 girls
boys
#3,622
8 births · 1 in 202,701 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #280Marcy917

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #3,622Marcy8
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,659 of them was named Marcy, which outranked 97.1% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcy
  1. #277Jodie935
  2. #278Audrey918
  3. #278Eileen918
  4. #280Marcy917
  5. #280Christi917
  6. #282Jenifer913
  7. #283Sally908
  8. #284Kirsten901

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 202,701 of them was named Marcy, which outranked 37.0% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcy
  1. #3,344Yakov9
  2. #3,344Yero9
  3. #3,344Zakary9
  4. #3,622Marcy8
  5. #3,622Afshin8
  6. #3,622Aj8
  7. #3,622Akbar8
  8. #3,963Abayomi7
  9. #3,963Abdon7
  10. #3,963Adolf7

Tied with 340 names at #3,622; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →