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Marcia

Girls' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~93,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#3,389 among girls
Births in 2025
45 133,604 since 1880
Typical age
70 years, median

Marcia popularity over time

Marcia rank by birth year, 1880–2025Marcia ranked #580 in 1880 and #3,389 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #74, in 1951.#100#1,000#3,389best #74 in 195118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1951 is the peak year for Marcia, with 5,305 births. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Marcia has spent 13 years inside the national top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #3,389, with 45 births that year. It climbed 725 places against the previous year.

Babies named Marcia per yearPeaks at 5,305 births in 1951.5,305 in 1951018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Marcia?

An estimated 93,800 living Americans are called Marcia. SSA has recorded 133,604 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Marcia?

Half of living Marcias are older than 70, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1950s. By the site’s era rules that makes Marcia a mid-century name.

Your Marcia

Ages of living people named MarciaHalf of living Marcias are older than 70 and half younger.median 70020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Marcia is most common

Ohio uses the name 1.7× as often as the country as a whole.

Where Marcia is used more than average1 states use the name Marcia more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: 1.7× the national rateOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Marcia is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Ohio 20 1.7×

Marcia in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Marcia ranked #2,440 in 2025 on 11 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Marcia comes from

From Latin Marcia, feminine form of Marcius, a derivative of Marcus, ultimately from Mārs, the god of war.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Marcia

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Marcia Cross American actress 1962 62
Marcia Gay Harden American actress 1959 56
Marcia Wallace American actress and comedian 1942–2013 42
Marcia Fudge American attorney and politician 1952 32
Marcia Strassman American actress and singer 1948–2014 22
Marcia Barrett singer 1948 20
Marcia Neugebauer American geophysicist 1932 20
Marcia Freedman Israeli politician 1938–2021 18
Photo credits (6)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Marcia

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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