Boy or Girl

Is Marcy a boy or girl name?

Marcy is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 40 girls and 0 boys were named Marcy, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 98.8% of the 21,996 US babies named Marcy were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#3,783
Babies named Marcy since 1915
21,996
Most popular year
1971
1,161 babies
Babies named Marcy each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Marcy from 1915 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.05001,0001,5002,000192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Marcy, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1910s204870.6%
1920s4814374.9%
1930s1926693.3%
1940s311,06997.2%
1950s254,04399.4%
1960s505,65999.1%
1970s486,37799.3%
1980s152,46799.4%
1990s0821100%
2000s0363100%
2010s0298100%
2020s0186100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–40#3,783
20230–39#3,884
20220–31#4,541
20210–40#3,775
20200–36#3,977
20190–28#4,852
20180–27#4,953
20170–24#5,467
20160–39#3,901
20150–32#4,460
20140–25#5,404
20130–41#3,755
20120–29#4,922
20110–25#5,477
20100–28#5,055
20090–38#4,071
20080–25#5,684
20070–34#4,435
20060–32#4,534
20050–27#4,908
20040–45#3,375
20030–38#3,701
20020–42#3,313
20010–35#3,755
20000–47#3,001
19990–48#2,836
19980–38#3,269
19970–48#2,642
19960–58#2,300
19950–70#1,966
19940–51#2,489
19930–90#1,675
19920–107#1,484
19910–138#1,239
19900–173#1,040
19890–158#1,072
19880–183#927
19870–176#933
19860–176#915
19855#7,187194#841
19840–244#689
19835#6,920231#723
19820–297#605
19810–348#541
19805#6,884460#464
19790–429#468
19780–397#490
19775#6,462389#490
19760–468#428
19756#5,204536#383
19745#5,708682#326
197310#3,349662#334
19728#3,831917#281
19716#4,7311,155#256
19708#3,715742#346
19690–671#347
196810#2,842579#382
19670–514#406
19666#3,775513#410
19657#3,441479#430
19640–579#405
19638#3,231610#390
19625#4,422644#370
19617#3,555543#418
19607#3,541527#424
19598#3,183512#419
19585#4,299490#424
19577#3,444481#428
19560–400#464
19550–420#434
19540–371#458
19530–362#454
19520–412#420
19510–375#430
19505#4,003220#561
19490–203#583
19489#2,721145#694
19475#4,066154#676
19460–134#696
19455#3,607116#694
19440–86#822
19430–86#842
19427#3,10759#1,020
19410–39#1,215
19405#3,76947#1,052
19390–37#1,210
19380–34#1,259
19379#2,61523#1,612
19360–37#1,176
19355#3,97123#1,588
19340–29#1,364
19335#3,96817#1,944
19320–19#1,856
19310–26#1,486
19300–21#1,788
19290–23#1,686
192810#2,77521#1,873
19275#4,57520#1,992
19267#3,60011#2,982
19256#4,02218#2,162
19240–11#3,088
19236#4,0859#3,541
19227#3,7419#3,560
19217#3,74815#2,454
19200–6#4,743
19190–7#4,091
19185#4,56610#3,160
19176#3,82013#2,505
19160–7#3,783
19159#2,74511#2,639

Highest rank

As a boy name, Marcy reached #2,615 in 1937. As a girl name, it reached #256 in 1971. 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 1970s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Marcy

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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.