Marcy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-see
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,458 for girls
Marcy is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “dedicated to Mars”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Marcy mean?
Latin: pet form of Marcia or Marcella
“dedicated to Mars”
Pet form of Marcia or Marcella, feminine names derived from Marcus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Marcy a girl's or a boy's name?
Marcy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marcy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Marcy, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 26 girls.
Half of all the girls named Marcy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88 girls in the UK were given Marcy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #490, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Marcy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,332 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,377 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Marcy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Marcy, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 1,155 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Marcy than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Marcy in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 114 girls in the US were given Marcy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,551, up from #3,458 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 68% of the babies named Marcy in the US in 1928, and 97% in 1985.
Marcy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,809 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,619 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,279 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 51 | #2,460 |
| 1993 | 90 | #1,661 |
| 1992 | 107 | #1,471 |
| 1991 | 138 | #1,229 |
| 1990 | 173 | #1,034 |
| 1989 | 158 | #1,064 |
| 1988 | 183 | #923 |
| 1987 | 175 | #935 |
| 1986 | 177 | #909 |
| 1985 | 194 | #838 |
| 1984 | 244 | #687 |
| 1983 | 231 | #720 |
| 1982 | 297 | #603 |
| 1981 | 348 | #540 |
| 1980 | 460 | #460 |
| 1979 | 429 | #468 |
| 1978 | 397 | #489 |
| 1977 | 389 | #490 |
| 1976 | 468 | #428 |
| 1975 | 536 | #383 |
| 1974 | 682 | #325 |
| 1973 | 663 | #333 |
| 1972 | 917 | #280 |
| 1971 | 1,155 | #256 |
| 1970 | 742 | #346 |
| 1969 | 671 | #347 |
| 1968 | 579 | #382 |
| 1967 | 514 | #406 |
| 1966 | 513 | #410 |
| 1965 | 479 | #429 |
| 1964 | 579 | #405 |
| 1963 | 610 | #390 |
| 1962 | 644 | #370 |
| 1961 | 543 | #418 |
| 1960 | 527 | #424 |
| 1959 | 512 | #419 |
| 1958 | 490 | #424 |
| 1957 | 481 | #428 |
| 1956 | 400 | #463 |
| 1955 | 420 | #433 |
| 1954 | 371 | #457 |
| 1953 | 362 | #453 |
| 1952 | 412 | #419 |
| 1951 | 375 | #429 |
| 1950 | 220 | #559 |
| 1949 | 203 | #580 |
| 1948 | 145 | #688 |
| 1947 | 154 | #676 |
| 1946 | 134 | #695 |
| 1945 | 116 | #692 |
| 1944 | 86 | #821 |
| 1943 | 86 | #838 |
| 1942 | 59 | #1,019 |
| 1941 | 39 | #1,206 |
| 1940 | 47 | #1,046 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1938 | 34 | #1,250 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,580 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,550 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,344 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,906 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,816 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,747 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,836 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,871 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,118 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
Names like Marcy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Marcy
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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, “Marcy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marcy, updated 20 October 2026.