Marcio
Márcio is a Brazilian or Portuguese male personal nameMárcio Melo (1906-1991), general with the Brazilian air force Márcio Rezende de Freitas, Brazilian football referee Márcio Bittencourt, Brazilian football defensive midfielder and coach Márcio Santos, Brazilian football player, 1994 World Champion Márcio Garcia, Brazilian actor and television host Márcio Rogério de Andrade (1971–2007),…
- Spanish
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Marcio
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Márcio is a Brazilian or Portuguese male personal nameMárcio Melo (1906-1991), general with the Brazilian air force Márcio Rezende de Freitas, Brazilian football referee Márcio Bittencourt, Brazilian football defensive midfielder and coach Márcio Santos, Brazilian football player, 1994 World Champion Márcio Garcia, Brazilian actor and television host Márcio Rogério de Andrade (1971–2007),…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Portuguese
The Story of Marcio
The earliest SSA record of Marcio as a baby boy name dates back to 1970, when 5 babies received it. 1986 was its biggest year on record, with 16 newborns named Marcio — #3,005 in the national rankings. About 23% of every Marcio on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Marcio last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 378 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Marcio
Marcio is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 378 births in the dataset. Marcio's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #3,005. Use the chart and map above to compare Marcio's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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