Marci
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-see
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Marci is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “dedicated to Mars”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Marci mean?
Latin: spelling of Marcy; pet form of Marcia or Marcella
“dedicated to Mars”
Pet form of Marcia or Marcella, feminine names derived from Marcus.
Meaning borrowed from Marcy. More on Wiktionary.
Is Marci a girl's or a boy's name?
Marci is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marci in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Marci, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 11 girls.
2025 had more girls named Marci than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Marci in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88 girls in the UK were given Marci or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #490, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Marci in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 2 | #7,411 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 2 | #6,098 |
| 2003 | 2 | #5,792 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Marci in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Marci, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 1971, with 792 girls. It first appears in the records in 1938.
Half of all the girls named Marci in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 114 girls in the US were given Marci or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,551, up from #4,757 for this spelling alone.
Marci in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,980 |
| 1992 | 99 | #1,562 |
| 1991 | 100 | #1,541 |
| 1990 | 126 | #1,288 |
| 1989 | 159 | #1,060 |
| 1988 | 156 | #1,032 |
| 1987 | 153 | #1,015 |
| 1986 | 153 | #1,005 |
| 1985 | 219 | #772 |
| 1984 | 231 | #715 |
| 1983 | 260 | #661 |
| 1982 | 305 | #594 |
| 1981 | 401 | #501 |
| 1980 | 445 | #475 |
| 1979 | 400 | #503 |
| 1978 | 387 | #499 |
| 1977 | 353 | #521 |
| 1976 | 358 | #499 |
| 1975 | 407 | #464 |
| 1974 | 501 | #403 |
| 1973 | 505 | #398 |
| 1972 | 569 | #376 |
| 1971 | 792 | #331 |
| 1970 | 644 | #372 |
| 1969 | 528 | #416 |
| 1968 | 445 | #458 |
| 1967 | 515 | #404 |
| 1966 | 389 | #476 |
| 1965 | 397 | #475 |
| 1964 | 380 | #501 |
| 1963 | 306 | #559 |
| 1962 | 328 | #541 |
| 1961 | 296 | #588 |
| 1960 | 250 | #639 |
| 1959 | 272 | #602 |
| 1958 | 220 | #666 |
| 1957 | 189 | #726 |
| 1956 | 172 | #735 |
| 1955 | 139 | #819 |
| 1954 | 127 | #833 |
| 1953 | 105 | #920 |
| 1952 | 89 | #996 |
| 1951 | 74 | #1,077 |
| 1950 | 53 | #1,258 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,626 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,819 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,862 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
Names like Marci
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marnie, Heidi, Darcie, Maria, Mabli, Joni, Mia, Robyn, Lara, Dolcie, Mari, Mara
Other spellings of Marci
Names related to Marci
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marci: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marci, updated 20 October 2026.