first name
MARCY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,966 people named Marcy, 83.6% reported their origin as White, 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.3% as Black. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marcy peaked in 1971, when 1,161 babies got the name.
At least 22,043 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.
Marcy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #654. The largest share of babies named Marcy, 43.9%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Marcy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marcy has been most common in Pennsylvania (1.9×), Michigan (1.8×), and Iowa (1.8×), and least common in South Carolina (0.12×).
17,838 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 Marcy
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marcy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marcy ranks #12,500 of 156,621, with 2,368 people. See Marcy as a last name
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