Boys' name · since 1970

Marcio

384 babies named Marcio in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#9,242 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#10,917 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
384
born since 1970
1980s
peak decade

384 babies have been named Marcio since 1970, making it today's #10917 boys' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcio has been recorded 384 times among boys since 1970, currently ranked #10917 nationally and more common than 22% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.

  • #9,242 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #10,917 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 384 born since 1970
  • 1980s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcio ranks #9,242 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,917 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 384 born since 1970, peaking in the 1980s.

#9,242 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#10,917 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
384
born since 1970
1980s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%21.6%
Marcio vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Marcio's 384 recorded births place it above 79.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Marcio compares

384 Top 50% higher than 50% of 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Marcio's all-time total is 4% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Marcio Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 384 369 358,536
Peak-year births 16 34 22,252

Marcio's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Marcio's full recorded timeline at 1999, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Marcio popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1986)
16
Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
05101520 197019821988199420022008201520232025 6

Marcio by decade

1980s is the heaviest window (86 births, 22% of the file).

1980s was Marcio's strongest decade.

86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.

Marcio births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 86 births (22% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Marcio by state

Where Marcio concentrates geographically, total births since 1970

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Marcio
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
16 4.2%
California share of Marcio's total US births 4.2%

16 of 384 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Marcio?
384 babies have been named Marcio since 1970. All-time, it sits at #9,242 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #10,917 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 1986 with 16 births.
Where does Marcio sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcio ranks #9,242 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,917 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Marcio most popular?
Marcio was most popular in the 1980s decade with 86 total births. The single peak year was 1986.
Where is Marcio most popular?
The top states for the name Marcio are California (16 births).
How long has the name Marcio been used?
Records for Marcio go back to 1970, giving 56 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Marcio?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mark, Martin, Marvin, Marcus, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Marcio's data

  • Marcio's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (86 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Marcios (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Marcio

Nearby Names Like Marcio

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Marcio

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Marcio: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1970–2025 (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 Marcio 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.