Marci — #4783 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marci

The Social Security Administration has registered 13,998 babies named Marci between 1938 and 2024, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marci currently holds the #4783 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 792 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marci performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 4,917 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Marci shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,528 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Marci in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marci 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 13,998 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.