How Many People Are Named Marcy?

19,176

people named Marcy are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 17,823 people in the US has this name

Based on 22,043 babies named Marcy in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,665

πŸ’Ž Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#898

See the top 100

Peak Year

1971

1,161 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: MAHR-see
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Diminutive of MARCIA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Marcy in English. Counting Marcy and these spellings together, about 45,829 people alive in the US have the name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.3%
Male
0.7%

Of the babies given the name Marcy, 99.3% were girls and 0.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Marcy rose from 74.9% in the 1920s to 100% in the 2020s.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Marcy alive today is about 54 years old, and 58% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 47 and 64 in 2025.

Under 30 1,075
5.6%
30 to 59 11,126
58%
60 and over 6,975
36.4%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Marcy first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1971, to 1,161 babies. In 2025, 44 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Marcy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #256, in 1971. In 2025 it ranked #3,499.

Girls
Rank in 2025#3,499
Best rank#256 (1971)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#360 in the 1970s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Marcy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Marcy were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,784 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marcy was given 1.9 times as often in Pennsylvania, 1.7 times in Iowa and 1.6 times in Michigan.

New York 1,784
Pennsylvania 1,625
California 1,526
Illinois 1,160
Michigan 1,122
Texas 1,008
Ohio 955
Indiana 468
New Jersey 449
Massachusetts 428
Florida 411
Iowa 390
Washington 379
Missouri 333
Minnesota 325
Wisconsin 312
Connecticut 254
Oregon 238
Georgia 215
Oklahoma 209
Kansas 206
Colorado 176
Louisiana 175
Nebraska 171
Utah 166
Maryland 137
Virginia 130
Tennessee 126
Arizona 108
North Carolina 104
Kentucky 95
Idaho 79
Alabama 70
Maine 64
Montana 52
West Virginia 49
North Dakota 48
Arkansas 42
Mississippi 42
South Dakota 33
New Mexico 30
South Carolina 29
New Hampshire 22
Vermont 19
District of Columbia 13
Hawaii 9
Rhode Island 9
Wyoming 6

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