Girls' name · peaked in 1971
Marcy name popularity since 1925
21,905 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Marcy (99.0% girls, 1.0% boys). Half of them were born in 1969 or earlier, so the typical Marcy is about 57 years old in 2026. Marcy peaked in 1971 as the #256 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 21,905
- Named Marcy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,500 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.0% girls
- 21,689 girls · 216 boys
- Most popular in
- Pennsylvania
- 2.02× its national share
Peak year is the year Marcy 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.
Marcy births per year, 1925–2025
1971 was the biggest year for Marcy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1947 and 1952, Marcy became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 11,500 baby girls to 1 in 4,500.
- Steepest fall: Between 1980 and 1985, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 3,610 to 1 in 8,870.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Marcy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Marcy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Marcy 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 | 93 | 28 | – |
| 1930s | 266 | 19 | #1,588 |
| 1940s | 1,069 | 31 | #694 |
| 1950s | 4,043 | 25 | #434 |
| 1960s | 5,659 | 50 | #430 |
| 1970s | 6,378 | 48 | #383 |
| 1980s | 2,467 | 15 | #841 |
| 1990s | 821 | 0 | #1,966 |
| 2000s | 363 | 0 | #4,910 |
| 2010s | 299 | 0 | #4,461 |
| 2020–25 | 231 | 0 | #3,500 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
44.1% of babies named Marcy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Marcy is most popular
The index compares Marcy'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 Marcy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 2.02× | 1,852 |
| Iowa | 1.87× | 429 |
| Michigan | 1.82× | 1,255 |
| Illinois | 1.52× | 1,341 |
| New York | 1.52× | 2,082 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Marcy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marcy (this page) | 21,689 | 1971 |
| Marcie | 15,502 | 1971 |
| Marci | 14,026 | 1971 |
| Marcey | 1,102 | 1971 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Marcy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Marcy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Marcy (1971).
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