Girls' name · peaked in 1951
Marcia name popularity since 1925
128,940 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Marcia. Half of them were born in 1952 or earlier, so the typical Marcia is about 74 years old in 2026. Marcia peaked in 1951 as the #74 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 128,940
- Named Marcia, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,434 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 128,656 girls · 284 boys
- Most popular in
- Iowa
- 2.47× its national share
Peak year is the year Marcia made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Marcia births per year, 1925–2025
1951 was the biggest year for Marcia both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1928 and 1933, Marcia became 2.4× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1978 and 1983, its share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 2,170 to 1 in 4,680.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Marcia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Marcia.
Decade by decade
Babies named Marcia in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 2,597 | 6 | – |
| 1930s | 14,246 | 46 | #149 |
| 1940s | 34,397 | 81 | #88 |
| 1950s | 43,733 | 68 | #98 |
| 1960s | 18,427 | 45 | #212 |
| 1970s | 8,965 | 33 | #295 |
| 1980s | 3,578 | 5 | #585 |
| 1990s | 1,362 | 0 | #1,408 |
| 2000s | 700 | 0 | #2,495 |
| 2010s | 419 | 0 | #3,897 |
| 2020–25 | 232 | 0 | #3,434 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
57.0% of babies named Marcia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Marcia is most popular
The index compares Marcia's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Marcia.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 2.47× | 3,984 |
| Nebraska | 2.06× | 1,840 |
| Indiana | 1.89× | 5,694 |
| South Dakota | 1.88× | 762 |
| Massachusetts | 1.78× | 5,390 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Marcia and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Marcia (this page) | 128,656 | 1951 |
| Markia | 1,616 | 1996 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Marcia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Marcia.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Marcia (1951).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data