Boy or Girl

Is Marcia a boy or girl name?

Marcia is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 34 girls and 0 boys were named Marcia, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.8% of the 133,558 US babies named Marcia were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#4,246
Babies named Marcia since 1880
133,558
Most popular year
1951
5,305 babies
Babies named Marcia each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Marcia from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.01,5003,0004,5006,00018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Marcia, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s0187100%
1890s0290100%
1900s0387100%
1910s01,608100%
1920s64,78999.9%
1930s4614,24699.7%
1940s8134,39599.8%
1950s6843,73499.8%
1960s4518,42899.8%
1970s338,96599.6%
1980s53,57899.9%
1990s01,362100%
2000s0700100%
2010s0419100%
2020s0186100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–34#4,246
20230–34#4,246
20220–39#3,864
20210–35#4,145
20200–44#3,473
20190–41#3,702
20180–32#4,418
20170–34#4,278
20160–45#3,499
20150–39#3,897
20140–47#3,400
20130–36#4,133
20120–44#3,619
20110–47#3,441
20100–54#3,104
20090–60#2,917
20080–51#3,301
20070–77#2,451
20060–77#2,429
20050–70#2,495
20040–69#2,465
20030–61#2,628
20020–65#2,458
20010–77#2,143
20000–93#1,849
19990–84#1,887
19980–91#1,748
19970–89#1,737
19960–102#1,560
19950–117#1,408
19940–124#1,351
19930–188#986
19920–159#1,120
19910–195#966
19900–213#904
19895#8,744212#872
19880–246#761
19870–284#661
19860–277#666
19850–334#585
19840–350#544
19830–357#533
19820–453#465
19810–530#415
19800–535#414
19790–620#367
19780–706#326
19770–715#328
19766#5,363753#304
19755#5,986795#295
19745#5,707957#264
19730–935#267
19725#5,473995#266
19717#4,2181,204#243
19705#5,1751,285#244
19690–1,112#260
19680–1,144#242
19676#3,8201,309#224
19666#3,7741,418#214
19650–1,549#212
19646#3,8781,933#190
19639#2,9832,157#180
19620–2,427#169
196110#2,8272,685#155
19608#3,2422,694#156
19596#3,8543,091#141
19587#3,4633,353#128
19576#3,8223,538#126
19565#4,2764,069#110
19557#3,3874,412#98
19547#3,3434,744#90
195311#2,4815,062#84
19525#4,0775,210#80
19516#3,5895,299#74
19508#2,9394,956#77
19499#2,7364,650#78
194814#2,0794,640#79
194710#2,6054,472#81
194610#2,4973,946#89
19450–3,206#88
19440–3,140#89
19436#3,4372,969#96
194214#2,0132,669#105
194110#2,4332,430#105
19408#2,7892,273#112
19399#2,5572,346#109
19388#2,7902,169#116
193711#2,2861,948#124
19365#3,8741,595#138
19355#3,9701,339#149
19340–1,267#157
19338#2,9041,140#162
19320–951#191
19310–799#215
19300–692#231
19290–584#264
19280–540#281
19270–538#287
19260–487#304
19256#4,020448#315
19240–460#312
19230–492#292
19220–428#313
19210–451#307
19200–361#347
19190–325#357
19180–256#409
19170–208#446
19160–171#492
19150–178#463
19140–132#482
19130–113#476
19120–99#480
19110–69#499
19100–57#540
19090–54#512
19080–61#463
19070–39#596
19060–46#511
19050–36#584
19040–26#695
19030–38#525
19020–31#597
19010–20#737
19000–36#586
18990–23#657
18980–33#565
18970–26#608
18960–27#605
18950–31#536
18940–24#603
18930–42#420
18920–36#458
18910–28#493
18900–20#593
18890–26#495
18880–26#497
18870–18#531
18860–19#519
18850–23#444
18840–20#460
18830–23#391
18820–10#621
18810–13#482
18800–9#614

Highest rank

As a boy name, Marcia reached #2,013 in 1942. As a girl name, it reached #74 in 1951. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Marcia

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.