Marcy — #3754 US girls' name
21,740 babies named Marcy in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Marcy was born in this single decade.
1,155 babies were named Marcy in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marcy
The Social Security Administration has registered 21,740 babies named Marcy between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marcy currently holds the #3754 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 1,155 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marcy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 6,377 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Marcy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,082 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Marcy in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marcy 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 21,740 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.
Marcy at a glance
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Marcy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (1971)
- 1,155
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #3754 among girls.
21,740 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 1,155 births in a single year.
Marcy popularity over time — boys
256 total births recorded since 1915 (Marcy as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Marcy accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marcy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 6,377 births that decade — 29% of Marcy's all-time total
Marcy decade highlights
- Peak decade 6,377 births
- Runner-up 5,659 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Marcy's strongest decade
6,377 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Marcy by state
Where Marcy concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 2,082 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 1,852 | 8.5% |
| #3 | California | | 1,720 | 7.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,341 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 1,255 | 5.8% |
| #6 | Texas | | 1,123 | 5.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 1,084 | 5.0% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 523 | 2.4% |
2,082 of 21,740 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 9.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 8.5% of nationwide
- California 7.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.2% of nationwide
- Michigan 5.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 48 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Marcy appears in 48 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, 1915–2024 (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.