Marca — girls' name
285 babies named Marca in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
285 girls have been named Marca since 1935, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1988.
- 285
- total births
- 1935–1988
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 30%
- born in that decade
30% of everyone ever named Marca was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Marca in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marca
The Social Security Administration has registered 285 babies named Marca between 1935 and 1988, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marca currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marca performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marca shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marca in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 285 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Marca at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1935
- Peak year (1971)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
285 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 18 births in a single year.
Marca by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 86 births that decade — 30% of Marca's all-time total
Marca decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Marca's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1935–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.