Is Marice a boy or girl name?

Marice is a unisex name. Of the 1,184 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 39.4% were girls and 60.6% were boys. It changed hands in 1972, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Marice

Recorded 1919–2011 · United States

Marice was most popular in 1971, when 36 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,467 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,184 people named Marice.

Marice over time

Births per year. The dot marks Marice’s peak in 1971. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Marice a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Marice is a unisex name — 39.4% of the 1,184 Americans given it were girls and 60.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 1972 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org