How Many People Are Named Marcia?
people named Marcia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,782 people in the US has this name
Based on 133,604 babies named Marcia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,305 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese form of MARCIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Marcia in English. Counting Marcia and these spellings together, about 170,690 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Marcia (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marcia alive today is about 68 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marcia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1951, to 5,305 babies. In 2025, 45 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marcia never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #74, in 1951, and it was in the top 100 for 13 years, 1943 to 1955. In 2025 it ranked #3,433.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,433 |
| Best rank | #74 (1951) |
| Years in the top 100 | 13 (1943 to 1955) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #96 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marcia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marcia were born in New York than in any other state: about 8,155 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marcia was given 2 times as often in Iowa, 1.8 times in Indiana and 1.8 times in Nebraska.
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