first name
MARCIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 113,325 people named Marcia, 77.6% reported their origin as White, 12.3% as Black and 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marcia peaked in 1951, when 5,305 babies got the name.
At least 133,604 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Marcia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #179. The largest share of babies named Marcia, 55%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Marcia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marcia has been most common in Iowa (2.4×), Nebraska (2×), and Indiana (1.9×), and least common in Nevada (0.09×).
128,673 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 Marcia
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marcia, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marcia ranks #20,096 of 156,621, with 1,340 people. See Marcia as a last name
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