Unisex name · since 1950
Marce
169 babies named Marce in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,562 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 169
- born since 1950
- 1960s
- peak decade
169 girls have been named Marce since 1950, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Marce recorded 169 times among girls since 1950, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2005.
- #21,562 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 169 born since 1950
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marce ranks #21,562 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 169 born since 1950, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,562 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 169
- born since 1950
- 1960s
- peak decade
Marce's 169 recorded births place it above 70.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marce's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marce splits its recorded history at 1969: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1963 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marce popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2005
- Peak year (1963)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Marce popularity over time - boys
111 total births recorded since 1915 (Marce as boys' name)
Marce by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (55 births, 33% of the file).
1960s was Marce's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Marce births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
47 births
- 1960s
1960s
55 births
- 1970s
1970s
40 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 55 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Marce's data
- Marce's decade-level peak was the 1960s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marce: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~55 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1950–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marce draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.