Marcia
Marcia was given to 45 girls in 2025, #3,433 among girls’ names; 133,604 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 88,500 Americans named Marcia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 62 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marcia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marcia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marcia is “a female given name from Latin.”
From Latin Marcia, feminine form of Marcius, a derivative of Marcus, ultimately from Mārs, the god of war.
/ˈmɑɹʃə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marcia?
#3,433 among girls’ names, 2025
Marcia rose from #3,896 in 2015 to #3,433 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 21.8 to 28.0 per million.
5,305 babies in 1951, the peak
Marcia peaked in 1951, when 5,305 babies were given it (5,299 girls, #74 among girls’ names). The 45 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,433 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,176 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,247 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,867 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,143 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,478 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,701 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,417 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,279 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,499 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39 | #3,896 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,399 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,131 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,621 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 47 | #3,440 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,103 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,916 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,301 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,451 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 77 | #2,430 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 70 | #2,491 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,462 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,625 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 65 | #2,455 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 77 | #2,139 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 93 | #1,845 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,884 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,746 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 89 | #1,735 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 102 | #1,558 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 117 | #1,405 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 124 | #1,348 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 188 | #984 | 0.10 |
| 1992 | 159 | #1,118 | 0.09 |
| 1991 | 195 | #964 | 0.10 |
| 1990 | 213 | #902 | 0.11 |
| 1989 | 212 | #869 | 0.11 |
| 1988 | 246 | #761 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 284 | #661 | 0.16 |
| 1986 | 277 | #666 | 0.16 |
| 1985 | 334 | #585 | 0.19 |
| 1984 | 350 | #544 | 0.21 |
| 1983 | 357 | #533 | 0.21 |
| 1982 | 453 | #465 | 0.27 |
| 1981 | 530 | #415 | 0.32 |
| 1980 | 535 | #414 | 0.32 |
| 1979 | 620 | #367 | 0.39 |
| 1978 | 706 | #325 | 0.46 |
| 1977 | 715 | #328 | 0.47 |
| 1976 | 753 | #304 | 0.51 |
| 1975 | 795 | #295 | 0.55 |
| 1974 | 957 | #264 | 0.65 |
| 1973 | 935 | #267 | 0.64 |
| 1972 | 995 | #266 | 0.65 |
| 1971 | 1,204 | #243 | 0.72 |
| 1970 | 1,285 | #244 | 0.74 |
| 1969 | 1,112 | #260 | 0.66 |
| 1968 | 1,144 | #242 | 0.70 |
| 1967 | 1,308 | #224 | 0.79 |
| 1966 | 1,418 | #214 | 0.84 |
| 1965 | 1,549 | #212 | 0.88 |
| 1964 | 1,932 | #190 | 1.0 |
| 1963 | 2,157 | #180 | 1.1 |
| 1962 | 2,428 | #168 | 1.2 |
| 1961 | 2,685 | #155 | 1.3 |
| 1960 | 2,694 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1959 | 3,091 | #141 | 1.5 |
| 1958 | 3,353 | #128 | 1.7 |
| 1957 | 3,538 | #126 | 1.7 |
| 1956 | 4,069 | #110 | 2.0 |
| 1955 | 4,412 | #98 | 2.3 |
| 1954 | 4,744 | #90 | 2.4 |
| 1953 | 5,062 | #84 | 2.7 |
| 1952 | 5,210 | #80 | 2.8 |
| 1951 | 5,299 | #74 | 2.9 |
| 1950 | 4,955 | #77 | 2.9 |
| 1949 | 4,651 | #78 | 2.7 |
| 1948 | 4,640 | #79 | 2.7 |
| 1947 | 4,472 | #81 | 2.5 |
| 1946 | 3,946 | #89 | 2.5 |
| 1945 | 3,206 | #88 | 2.5 |
| 1944 | 3,140 | #89 | 2.4 |
| 1943 | 2,970 | #96 | 2.1 |
| 1942 | 2,669 | #105 | 2.0 |
| 1941 | 2,430 | #105 | 2.0 |
| 1940 | 2,273 | #112 | 2.0 |
| 1939 | 2,346 | #109 | 2.1 |
| 1938 | 2,169 | #116 | 2.0 |
| 1937 | 1,948 | #124 | 1.8 |
| 1936 | 1,595 | #138 | 1.5 |
| 1935 | 1,339 | #149 | 1.3 |
| 1934 | 1,267 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 1933 | 1,140 | #162 | 1.1 |
| 1932 | 951 | #191 | 0.89 |
| 1931 | 799 | #215 | 0.75 |
| 1930 | 692 | #231 | 0.61 |
| 1929 | 584 | #264 | 0.52 |
| 1928 | 540 | #281 | 0.47 |
| 1927 | 538 | #287 | 0.45 |
| 1926 | 487 | #304 | 0.41 |
| 1925 | 448 | #315 | 0.37 |
| 1924 | 460 | #312 | 0.37 |
| 1923 | 492 | #292 | 0.41 |
| 1922 | 428 | #313 | 0.36 |
| 1921 | 451 | #307 | 0.37 |
| 1920 | 361 | #347 | 0.30 |
| 1919 | 325 | #357 | 0.29 |
| 1918 | 256 | #409 | 0.22 |
| 1917 | 208 | #446 | 0.19 |
| 1916 | 171 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1915 | 178 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1914 | 132 | #482 | 0.17 |
| 1913 | 113 | #476 | 0.18 |
| 1912 | 99 | #480 | 0.18 |
| 1911 | 69 | #499 | 0.16 |
| 1910 | 57 | #540 | 0.14 |
| 1909 | 54 | #512 | 0.16 |
| 1908 | 61 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1907 | 39 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 46 | #511 | 0.16 |
| 1905 | 36 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1904 | 26 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 38 | #525 | 0.15 |
| 1902 | 31 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1901 | 20 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 36 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 23 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 33 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 26 | #608 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 27 | #605 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 31 | #536 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 24 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1893 | 42 | #420 | 0.20 |
| 1892 | 36 | #458 | 0.17 |
| 1891 | 28 | #493 | 0.15 |
| 1890 | 20 | #593 | 0.11 |
| 1889 | 26 | #495 | 0.15 |
| 1888 | 26 | #497 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 18 | #531 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 19 | #519 | 0.13 |
| 1885 | 23 | #444 | 0.17 |
| 1884 | 20 | #460 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 23 | #391 | 0.20 |
| 1882 | 10 | #621 | 0.09 |
| 1881 | 13 | #482 | 0.14 |
| 1880 | 9 | #614 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Marcia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marcia has been given almost only to girls: 284 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Marcia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marcia, and how old are they?
88,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 133,604 Americans ever recorded as Marcia. The median Marcia alive today is 71 years old; half are between 62 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 113,325 people named Marcia (113,157 women and girls, 168 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 100,020 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 12,200 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 55,800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 14,800 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,020 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 503 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Marcia born?
The states with the most babies named Marcia are New York, Ohio and Illinois, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 13,685 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 9,650 | #1,380 | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 9,276 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 8,782 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 8,033 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| California | 7,947 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Indiana | 5,819 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Massachusetts | 5,641 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Iowa | 4,086 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Wisconsin | 3,528 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Marcia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marcia is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Marcia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 295,636 babies since 1880, Marcia is the most given (45% of them). In 2025 it was given to 45 of their 187 babies (24%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marcia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Marcia and names like it
- Compare Marcia and MarshaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sMarcia peaked in 1951.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marcia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Marcia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1951The year the most babies were named Marcia.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Marcia alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.