# Marcy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marcy/  
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 | /ˈmɑɹsi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 22,043 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 256 / 21,787 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 314, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 25 | 5,477 |
| 2012 | 29 | 4,923 |
| 2013 | 41 | 3,757 |
| 2014 | 25 | 5,404 |
| 2015 | 32 | 4,461 |
| 2016 | 39 | 3,902 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5,470 |
| 2018 | 28 | 4,848 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,856 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,977 |
| 2021 | 40 | 3,779 |
| 2022 | 31 | 4,545 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,887 |
| 2024 | 41 | 3,731 |
| 2025 | 44 | 3,500 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 5 | 4,424 |
| 1963 | 8 | 3,229 |
| 1965 | 7 | 3,440 |
| 1966 | 6 | 3,776 |
| 1968 | 10 | 2,842 |
| 1970 | 8 | 3,715 |
| 1971 | 6 | 4,731 |
| 1972 | 8 | 3,834 |
| 1973 | 10 | 3,350 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,708 |
| 1975 | 6 | 5,204 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,463 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,884 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,186 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,834 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,681 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## People named Marcy

- Marcy Kaptur, American politician (born 1946)
- Marcy Walker, American minister and former actress (born 1961)
- Marcy Harriell, American actress
- Marcy McGuire, American actress and singer
- Amy Beach, American composer and pianist
- Emme Rylan, American actress

## 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.