# Marcia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marcia/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɑɹʃə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Marsha |
| US babies named this | 133,604 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 284 / 133,320 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 413, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Marcia, feminine form of Marcius, a derivative of Marcus, ultimately from Mārs, the god of war.

## 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 | 47 | 3,441 |
| 2012 | 44 | 3,622 |
| 2013 | 36 | 4,133 |
| 2014 | 47 | 3,401 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,897 |
| 2016 | 45 | 3,499 |
| 2017 | 34 | 4,280 |
| 2018 | 32 | 4,418 |
| 2019 | 41 | 3,702 |
| 2020 | 44 | 3,478 |
| 2021 | 35 | 4,147 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,869 |
| 2023 | 34 | 4,249 |
| 2024 | 35 | 4,177 |
| 2025 | 45 | 3,434 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 7 | 3,463 |
| 1959 | 6 | 3,854 |
| 1960 | 8 | 3,242 |
| 1961 | 10 | 2,826 |
| 1963 | 9 | 2,983 |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,879 |
| 1966 | 6 | 3,775 |
| 1967 | 6 | 3,819 |
| 1970 | 5 | 5,176 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,218 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,473 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,707 |
| 1975 | 5 | 5,986 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,363 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,744 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,817 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## People named Marcia

- Marcia Cross, American actress
- Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
- Marcia Wallace Peams, American actress and comedian (1942-2013)
- Marcia Fudge, American attorney and politician (born 1952)
- Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (1948-2014)
- Marcia Neugebauer, American geophysicist (born 1932)
- Marcia Ball, American blues singer and pianist
- Marcia Lucas, American film editor (1945–2026)
- Marcia Barbosa, Brazilian physicist
- Marcia McNutt, American geophysicist
- Marcia Mitzman Gaven, American actress
- Marcia Haydée, Ballet dancer and choreographer

## 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.