Marcy
Marcy was the 3500th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 256th with 1,155 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 961 places. More babies were named Marcy in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,500 girls, up 477 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 44girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19711,155 babies
- Total since 1880
- 22,043babies recorded
Marcy popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 256 since 1915.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,500 | 44 |
| 2020 | #3,977 | 36 |
| 2010 | #5,055 | 28 |
| 2000 | #3,001 | 47 |
| 1990 | #1,040 | 173 |
| 1980 | #464 | 460 |
| 1970 | #346 | 742 |
| 1960 | #424 | 527 |
| 1950 | #561 | 220 |
| 1940 | #1,052 | 47 |
| 1930 | #1,788 | 21 |
| 1920 | #4,743 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Marcy, counting every spelling?
Marcy is the most common spelling of a name family that had 72 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 72 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcy | 44 | #3,500 | 195 |
| Marci | 28 | #4,834 | 133 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Marcy?
44 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Marcy (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Marcy born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 191 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Marcy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Marcy?
About 18,900 people born in the US named Marcy are alive today, with a median age of 56; half are between 48 and 65. That makes Marcy a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Marcy by state
How common Marcy was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Marcy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Marcy, they share its era and feel.
Marcy is also a nickname for Marcia and Marcella.
Questions about the name Marcy
How popular is the name Marcy?
Marcy was the 3500th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 256th with 1,155 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 961 places. More babies were named Marcy in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Marcy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Marcy in the US.
Where is Marcy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Marcy was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Texas.