Marnice — girls' name
42 babies named Marnice in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
42 girls have been named Marnice since 1952, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1977.
- 42
- total births
- 1952–1977
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Marnice was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Marnice in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marnice
The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Marnice between 1952 and 1977, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marnice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marnice performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Marnice shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marnice in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marnice 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 42 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.
Marnice at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marnice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1952
- Peak year (1970)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
42 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 8 births in a single year.
Marnice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 23 births that decade — 55% of Marnice's all-time total
Marnice decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Marnice's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Marnice by state
Where Marnice concentrates geographically — total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Missouri | | 11 | 26.2% |
11 of 42 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Missouri 26.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Missouri accounts for 26.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1952–1977 (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.