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How popular is “Marcia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marcia” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Marcia” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Marcia” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Marcia” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Marcia” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Marcia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marcia” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 9 0.000044669 9 100%
1881 13 0.000067467 13 100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 100%
1883 23 0.000106017 23 100%
1884 20 0.000082149 20 100%
1885 23 0.000095494 23 100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 100%
1887 18 0.000072759 18 100%
1888 26 0.000086819 26 100%
1889 26 0.000089982 26 100%
1890 20 0.000066357 20 100%
1891 28 0.000097672 28 100%
1892 36 0.000107664 36 100%
1893 42 0.000129142 42 100%
1894 24 0.000070861 24 100%
1895 31 0.000088314 31 100%
1896 27 0.000075528 27 100%
1897 26 0.000074937 26 100%
1898 33 0.000086511 33 100%
1899 23 0.0000678 23 100%
1900 36 0.000079954 36 100%
1901 20 0.000057835 20 100%
1902 31 0.000080159 31 100%
1903 38 0.000099685 38 100%
1904 26 0.000064439 26 100%
1905 36 0.000084921 36 100%
1906 46 0.000107363 46 100%
1907 39 0.000083801 39 100%
1908 61 0.000124834 61 100%
1909 54 0.000105629 54 100%
1910 57 0.000096494 57 100%
1911 69 0.000107097 69 100%
1912 99 0.000100196 99 100%
1913 113 0.000099375 113 100%
1914 132 0.000093198 132 100%
1915 178 0.000097139 178 100%
1916 171 0.000088399 171 100%
1917 208 0.00010365 208 100%
1918 256 0.000117912 256 100%
1919 325 0.000154011 325 100%
1920 361 0.000159548 361 100%
1921 451 0.000193189 451 100%
1922 428 0.000186968 428 100%
1923 492 0.000213683 492 100%
1924 460 0.000193147 460 100%
1925 454 0.000194574 448 6 97%
1926 487 0.000212117 487 100%
1927 538 0.000231961 538 100%
1928 540 0.000238839 540 100%
1929 584 0.000266404 584 100%
1930 692 0.000311251 692 100%
1931 799 0.000379683 799 100%
1932 951 0.000450435 951 100%
1933 1148 0.000574159 1140 8 99%
1934 1267 0.000610068 1267 100%
1935 1344 0.000643093 1339 5 99%
1936 1600 0.000770128 1595 5 99%
1937 1959 0.000919429 1948 11 99%
1938 2177 0.000983922 2169 8 99%
1939 2355 0.001068782 2346 9 99%
1940 2281 0.000990583 2273 8 99%
1941 2440 0.001001467 2430 10 99%
1942 2683 0.00098213 2669 14 99%
1943 2975 0.001054008 2969 6 100%
1944 3140 0.001167252 3140 100%
1945 3206 0.001208484 3206 100%
1946 3956 0.001238066 3946 10 99%
1947 4482 0.001244197 4472 10 100%
1948 4654 0.001348002 4640 14 99%
1949 4659 0.001336958 4650 9 100%
1950 4964 0.001416926 4956 8 100%
1951 5305 0.001440113 5299 6 100%
1952 5215 0.001373089 5210 5 100%
1953 5073 0.001316416 5062 11 100%
1954 4751 0.001193506 4744 7 100%
1955 4419 0.001100601 4412 7 100%
1956 4074 0.000988107 4069 5 100%
1957 3544 0.000843379 3538 6 100%
1958 3360 0.000812791 3353 7 100%
1959 3097 0.000744831 3091 6 100%
1960 2702 0.000650486 2694 8 99%
1961 2695 0.000650605 2685 10 99%
1962 2427 0.000601432 2427 100%
1963 2166 0.000547218 2157 9 99%
1964 1939 0.000498765 1933 6 99%
1965 1549 0.000427257 1549 100%
1966 1424 0.000409707 1418 6 99%
1967 1315 0.000387346 1309 6 99%
1968 1144 0.000338621 1144 100%
1969 1112 0.00031997 1112 100%
1970 1290 0.000357686 1285 5 99%
1971 1211 0.000352819 1204 7 99%
1972 1000 0.000318168 995 5 99%
1973 935 0.000309922 935 100%
1974 962 0.000316447 957 5 99%
1975 800 0.000264954 795 5 99%
1976 759 0.00025014 753 6 98%
1977 715 0.000225091 715 100%
1978 706 0.000222441 706 100%
1979 620 0.000186354 620 100%
1980 535 0.00015532 535 100%
1981 530 0.000153207 530 100%
1982 453 0.000129135 453 100%
1983 357 0.00010308 357 100%
1984 350 0.000100322 350 100%
1985 334 0.000093581 334 100%
1986 277 0.000077873 277 100%
1987 284 0.000078766 284 100%
1988 246 0.000066576 246 100%
1989 217 0.000056445 212 5 95%
1990 213 0.00005389 213 100%
1991 195 0.000050061 195 100%
1992 159 0.000041393 159 100%
1993 188 0.000049864 188 100%
1994 124 0.000033354 124 100%
1995 117 0.000031948 117 100%
1996 102 0.000027967 102 100%
1997 89 0.000024547 89 100%
1998 91 0.00002474 91 100%
1999 84 0.00002274 84 100%
2000 93 0.000024604 93 100%
2001 77 0.00002057 77 100%
2002 65 0.000017388 65 100%
2003 61 0.000016043 61 100%
2004 69 0.000018058 69 100%
2005 70 0.000018206 70 100%
2006 77 0.000019463 77 100%
2007 77 0.000019261 77 100%
2008 51 0.000012975 51 100%
2009 60 0.000015706 60 100%
2010 54 0.000014611 54 100%
2011 47 0.000012849 47 100%
2012 44 0.000012031 44 100%
2013 36 0.000009875 36 100%
2014 47 0.000012681 47 100%
2015 39 0.000010538 39 100%
2016 45 0.000012266 45 100%
2017 34 0.000009507 34 100%
2018 32 0.000009102 32 100%
2019 41 0.000011812 41 100%
2020 44 0.000013171 44 100%
2021 35 0.000010331 35 100%
2022 39 0.000011528 39 100%
2023 34 0.000010268 34 100%
2024 34 0.000010215 34 100%

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