Girls' name · since 1954
Marcita
39 babies named Marcita in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,927 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Marcita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 39 recorded since 1954.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcita has been recorded 39 times among girls since 1954, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 1971.
- #37,927 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 39 born since 1954
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcita ranks #37,927 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 39 born since 1954, peaking in the 1960s.
- #37,927 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Marcita's 39 recorded births place it above 47.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marcita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marcita splits its recorded history at 1963: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1963 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marcita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1971
- Peak year (1960)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Marcita by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (28 births, 72% of the file).
1960s was Marcita's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Marcita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
28 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 28 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Marcita's decade-level peak was the 1960s (28 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marcita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
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, 1954–1971 (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 Marcita 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.