Marcia — #4184 US girls' name
133,274 babies named Marcia in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Marcia was born in this single decade.
5,299 babies were named Marcia in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marcia
The Social Security Administration has registered 133,274 babies named Marcia between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marcia currently holds the #4184 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 5,299 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marcia performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 43,734 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Marcia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 13,685 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Marcia in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marcia 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 133,274 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.
Marcia at a glance
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Marcia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1951)
- 5,299
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #4184 among girls.
133,274 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 5,299 births in a single year.
Marcia popularity over time — boys
284 total births recorded since 1925 (Marcia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Marcia accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marcia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 43,734 births that decade — 33% of Marcia's all-time total
Marcia decade highlights
- Peak decade 43,734 births
- Runner-up 34,395 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Marcia's strongest decade
43,734 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Marcia by state
Where Marcia concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 13,685 | 10.3% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 9,644 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 9,276 | 7.0% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 8,782 | 6.6% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 8,033 | 6.0% |
| #6 | California | | 7,946 | 6.0% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 5,819 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 5,641 | 4.2% |
13,685 of 133,274 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 7.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 7.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 6.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 6.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Marcia appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.