Marcia

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Marcia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Marcia: Recorded since 1967, with a gap of 17 years, its highest recorded position is #354, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#354highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Marcia's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1074
1998	#995
1999	#1317
2000	#2416
2001	#1359
2002	#1530
2003	#1472
2004	#1312
2005	#1690
2006	#1052
2007	#1337
2008	#1247
2009	#1526
2010	#1653
2011	#1665
2012	#2215
2013	#2062
2014	#2058
2015	#2945
2016	#1571
2017	#1817
2018	#3178
2019	#2286
2020	#2449
2021	#2499
2022	#3533
2023	#2927
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1967–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #354 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1967–1978
Highest recorded position: #354 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1967 (recorded 1967–1978).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marcia appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 402 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1967.

Marcia across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Marcia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1434 (1996)	#995 (1998)	#3695 (2024)	29 of 29	402 (1996–2024)	26 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#354 (1967)	#354 (1967)	#469 (1978)	7 of 12	25 (1967–1978)	4 (1967)

Marcia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Marcia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	65	4 of 10	16
2000sbusiest	163	10 of 10	16
2010s	134	10 of 10	13
2020s	40	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Marcia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1967 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #354 in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Marcia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1571	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1247	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1337	20	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1052	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1312	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#995	21	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1967 and 2024, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #354, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Marcellus · #1534, 19y
Marcelo · #1683, 24y
Marcie · #350, 29y
Marcin · #42, 49y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Phuong · #353, 34y
Milos · #356, 37y
Angelique · #351, 34y
Hong · #360, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Abdulkadir · #354, 48y
Amer · #354, 48y
Cesilie · #354, 25y
Juanita · #354, 26y

Marcia was ranked #354 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1967. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Marcia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Marcia without appearing here.

Marcia moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3178 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #5493.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2215 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2062 and #4739.

Moved ahead of Marcia

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1743.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1436.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2058 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2945 and #1240.
Dylan Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #1995 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1887.

Moved the opposite way to Marcia

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcia went from #1434 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcia went from #1434 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcia went from #1434 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcia went from #1434 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Marcia

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcia went from #1434 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcia went from #1434 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcia went from #1434 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marcia went from #1434 to #3695 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1967 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #354 in Republic of Ireland in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marcia

Marcia at a glance

What stands out in Marcia's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marcia across 2 official records

Marcia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Marcia appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Marcia at a glance

What stands out in Marcia's record

Marcia across 2 official records

Marcia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Marcia appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Marcia

Marcia and the names beside it

Marcia moved ahead of

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