Marcea — girls' name
222 babies named Marcea in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
222 girls have been named Marcea since 1942, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 2000.
- 222
- total births
- 1942–2000
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 29%
- born in that decade
29% of everyone ever named Marcea was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Marcea in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marcea
The Social Security Administration has registered 222 babies named Marcea between 1942 and 2000, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marcea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marcea performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Marcea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marcea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marcea 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 222 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.
Marcea at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marcea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1942
- Peak year (1969)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
222 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 10 births in a single year.
Marcea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 64 births that decade — 29% of Marcea's all-time total
Marcea decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Marcea's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Marcea by state
Where Marcea concentrates geographically — total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 222 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1942–2000 (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.