# Marci (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marci/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,037 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11 / 14,026 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 88, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Marcy.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 6,069 |
| 2012 | 28 | 5,064 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,248 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6,351 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,629 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,329 |
| 2017 | 25 | 5,280 |
| 2018 | 22 | 5,721 |
| 2019 | 29 | 4,733 |
| 2020 | 21 | 5,780 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6,320 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,420 |
| 2023 | 34 | 4,248 |
| 2024 | 28 | 4,848 |
| 2025 | 28 | 4,834 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 6 | 4,729 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,680 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,721 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Marci

- Marci Shore, American historian
- Marci Ien, Canadian politician and journalist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.