How rare is the name Marci?

13,577 people in the United States have the first name Marci, about 1 in 22,246. It ranks #2,018 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARCI

#2,018

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,577
About
1 in 22,246
This common or more
78.1%
Who bears it

Of the 13,577 people named Marci, 87.4% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marci peaked in 1971, when 798 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19382025
Peak year
1971
Births that year
798
In 2025*
28 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 14,037 babies have been given the name since 1938. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Marci by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #771. The largest share of babies named Marci, 54.5%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1930s#10,17411
1940s#4,056146
1950s#1,3931,440
1960s#8813,834
1970s#7714,927
1980s#1,2622,482
1990s#3,716615
2000s#10,026202
2010s#9,764226
2020s#8,768154
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–6422.1%
Generation X 1965–8054.5%
Millennials 1981–9618.3%
Generation Z 1997–122.5%
2013 and later2.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Marci is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marci has been most common in Utah (6.6×), Oregon (2.8×), and Idaho (2.5×), and least common in North Carolina (0.1×).

11,028 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Marci

#2,016 Glenna · 13,608#2,017 Halle · 13,596#2,019 Terra · 13,575#2,020 Moshe · 13,574

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marci, most common first.

#450 Marc · 125,342#497 Marcia · 113,325#528 Marco · 106,978#1,604 Marcy · 19,966#1,981 Marcie · 13,968#6,422 Marcio · 2,501#16,034 Marck · 709#17,651 Margi · 620

Also a last name

As a last name, Marci ranks #103,399 of 156,621, with 185 people. See Marci as a last name

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