How popular is the name Marcy?

Marcy ranks 659th among girls' names in US records, with 36,005 births since 1915. Over the past decade it accounts for 576.

Is Marcy a unisex name?

No. Marcy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1971, when 1,947 children were given the name. It has been in use for 110 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Marci. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#659 of girl names

Pronounced M AA1 R S IY0 (ARPABET)

Marcy is a girls' name, and first appears in 1915. It has been given to 36,005 children — the 659th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1971, when 1,947 children were given it.

Marci is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1971Girls: 1,947Boys: 12

These spellings sound identical to Marcy and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Marcy?: Marcy ranks 659th among girls' names in US records, with 36,005 births since 1915. Over the past decade it accounts for 576.
Is Marcy a unisex name?: No. Marcy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Marcy most popular?: 1971, when 1,947 children were given the name. It has been in use for 110 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Marcy spelled?: Marci. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.