Marcia
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,388 for girls
Marcia is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 3,388th for girls in the US (45 babies).
What does Marcia mean?
Latin
A female given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Marcia a girl's or a boy's name?
Marcia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 45 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marcia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Marcia, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 26 girls.
2025 had more girls named Marcia than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Marcia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Marcia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 20 | #1,087 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Marcia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,388among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 36,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the US were named Marcia, making it the 3,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. Its busiest year was 1951, with 5,299 girls.
2025 had more girls named Marcia than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Marcia in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marcia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,388 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,367 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 47 | #3,406 |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,074 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,266 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,433 |
| 2006 | 77 | #2,419 |
| 2005 | 70 | #2,478 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,607 |
| 2002 | 65 | #2,444 |
| 2001 | 77 | #2,122 |
| 2000 | 93 | #1,841 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,871 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,732 |
| 1997 | 89 | #1,731 |
| 1996 | 102 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 117 | #1,398 |
| 1994 | 124 | #1,343 |
| 1993 | 188 | #981 |
| 1992 | 159 | #1,114 |
| 1991 | 195 | #963 |
| 1990 | 213 | #898 |
| 1989 | 212 | #868 |
| 1988 | 246 | #759 |
| 1987 | 284 | #661 |
| 1986 | 277 | #666 |
| 1985 | 334 | #584 |
| 1984 | 350 | #543 |
| 1983 | 357 | #532 |
| 1982 | 453 | #465 |
| 1981 | 530 | #415 |
| 1980 | 535 | #414 |
| 1979 | 620 | #365 |
| 1978 | 706 | #325 |
| 1977 | 715 | #328 |
| 1976 | 753 | #304 |
| 1975 | 795 | #295 |
| 1974 | 957 | #264 |
| 1973 | 935 | #267 |
| 1972 | 995 | #265 |
| 1971 | 1,204 | #243 |
| 1970 | 1,285 | #244 |
| 1969 | 1,112 | #260 |
| 1968 | 1,144 | #242 |
| 1967 | 1,308 | #224 |
| 1966 | 1,418 | #214 |
| 1965 | 1,549 | #212 |
| 1964 | 1,932 | #190 |
| 1963 | 2,157 | #180 |
| 1962 | 2,428 | #168 |
| 1961 | 2,685 | #155 |
| 1960 | 2,694 | #156 |
| 1959 | 3,091 | #141 |
| 1958 | 3,353 | #128 |
| 1957 | 3,538 | #126 |
| 1956 | 4,069 | #110 |
| 1955 | 4,412 | #98 |
| 1954 | 4,744 | #90 |
| 1953 | 5,062 | #84 |
| 1952 | 5,210 | #80 |
| 1951 | 5,299 | #74 |
| 1950 | 4,955 | #77 |
| 1949 | 4,651 | #78 |
| 1948 | 4,640 | #79 |
| 1947 | 4,472 | #81 |
| 1946 | 3,946 | #89 |
| 1945 | 3,206 | #88 |
| 1944 | 3,140 | #89 |
| 1943 | 2,970 | #96 |
| 1942 | 2,669 | #105 |
| 1941 | 2,430 | #105 |
| 1940 | 2,273 | #112 |
| 1939 | 2,346 | #109 |
| 1938 | 2,169 | #116 |
| 1937 | 1,948 | #124 |
| 1936 | 1,595 | #138 |
| 1935 | 1,339 | #149 |
| 1934 | 1,267 | #157 |
| 1933 | 1,140 | #162 |
| 1932 | 951 | #191 |
| 1931 | 799 | #215 |
| 1930 | 692 | #231 |
| 1929 | 584 | #263 |
| 1928 | 540 | #281 |
| 1927 | 538 | #287 |
| 1926 | 487 | #302 |
| 1925 | 448 | #315 |
| 1924 | 460 | #312 |
| 1923 | 492 | #292 |
| 1922 | 428 | #313 |
| 1921 | 451 | #307 |
| 1920 | 361 | #347 |
| 1919 | 325 | #357 |
| 1918 | 256 | #409 |
| 1917 | 208 | #445 |
| 1916 | 171 | #491 |
| 1915 | 178 | #462 |
| 1914 | 132 | #478 |
| 1913 | 113 | #472 |
| 1912 | 99 | #479 |
| 1911 | 69 | #496 |
| 1910 | 57 | #539 |
| 1909 | 54 | #509 |
| 1908 | 61 | #462 |
| 1907 | 39 | #588 |
| 1906 | 46 | #509 |
| 1905 | 36 | #579 |
| 1904 | 26 | #682 |
| 1903 | 38 | #522 |
| 1902 | 31 | #591 |
| 1901 | 20 | #723 |
| 1900 | 36 | #576 |
| 1899 | 23 | #644 |
| 1898 | 33 | #555 |
| 1897 | 26 | #594 |
| 1896 | 27 | #594 |
| 1895 | 31 | #530 |
| 1894 | 24 | #597 |
| 1893 | 42 | #414 |
| 1892 | 36 | #453 |
| 1891 | 28 | #483 |
| 1890 | 20 | #578 |
| 1889 | 26 | #486 |
| 1888 | 26 | #486 |
| 1887 | 18 | #524 |
| 1886 | 19 | #508 |
| 1885 | 23 | #438 |
| 1884 | 20 | #449 |
| 1883 | 23 | #386 |
| 1882 | 10 | #596 |
| 1881 | 13 | #470 |
| 1880 | 9 | #580 |
Names like Marcia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maria Victoria Julia Rosa Gloria Lucia Sylvia Claudia Patricia Lucinda Martha Rosanna
Names related to Marcia
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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, “Marcia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marcia, updated 20 October 2026.