Meaning not yet researched.
Mac: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 390 in 2025. Its best rank was #308 in 1942.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #308 in 1942; #696 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Mac in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#696 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1942, at #308.
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Mac: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 390 boys in 2025. Peak: #308 in 1942 · most boys in one year: 465 (2022).
In 2025, 390 US boys were named Mac, making it the 696th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1 place from #697 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 389 boys named Mac in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #308, reached in 1942. The most boys given the name in a single year was 465, in 2022. For comparison, it was #1,098 in 2015 and #623 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mac in 141 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 11,455 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 2,323 babies named Mac.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,118 US boys were named Mac; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 465. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,380 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mac ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #328 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Malcolm (70,328 babies since 1880), Mack (42,900 babies since 1880) and Mace (1,977 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Mc.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Seediq. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Mac is listed as a nickname for Mack, Mackenzie, Malcolm.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 21 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 17 | #328 | #678 |
| Utah | 14 | #341 | #410 |
| Iowa | 9 | #388 | — |
| Minnesota | 12 | #466 | #755 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #471 | — |
| Nebraska | 5 | #479 | — |
| Michigan | 17 | #508 | — |
| Colorado | 11 | #522 | #754 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #529 | — |
| Missouri | 11 | #544 | #911 |
| Ohio | 19 | #550 | #1,161 |
| Illinois | 17 | #561 | #1,148 |
| Nevada | 5 | #563 | — |
| Arizona | 11 | #613 | — |
| Louisiana | 7 | #642 | — |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #661 | — |
| Alabama | 7 | #662 | — |
| Kansas | 5 | #666 | — |
| North Carolina | 14 | #669 | — |
| New Jersey | 10 | #681 | — |
| Indiana | 9 | #694 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #730 | #1,116 |
| New York | 20 | #737 | #1,305 |
| Florida | 21 | #742 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #771 | #520 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #820 | #878 |
| Washington | 6 | #956 | #1,044 |
| California | 22 | #1,002 | #1,191 |
| Texas | 23 | #1,031 | #1,867 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,177 | #966 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #16,346 | 390 | #696 |
| 2024 | — | — | 389 | #697 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,835 | 417 | #656 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,778 | 465 | #605 |
| 2021 | — | — | 401 | #674 |
| 2020 | 5 | #16,595 | 237 | #934 |
| 2019 | — | — | 254 | #871 |
| 2018 | — | — | 206 | #1,007 |
| 2017 | — | — | 185 | #1,069 |
| 2016 | — | — | 174 | #1,123 |
| 2015 | — | — | 177 | #1,098 |
| 2014 | — | — | 163 | #1,161 |
| 2013 | — | — | 159 | #1,143 |
| 2012 | — | — | 147 | #1,213 |
| 2011 | — | — | 110 | #1,481 |
| 2010 | — | — | 116 | #1,436 |
| 2009 | — | — | 99 | #1,612 |
| 2008 | — | — | 86 | #1,756 |
| 2007 | — | — | 86 | #1,737 |
| 2006 | — | — | 77 | #1,802 |
| 2005 | — | — | 54 | #2,225 |
| 2004 | — | — | 54 | #2,180 |
| 2003 | — | — | 67 | #1,796 |
| 2002 | — | — | 67 | #1,734 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,883 | 57 | #1,927 |
| 2000 | — | — | 58 | #1,840 |
| 1999 | — | — | 58 | #1,760 |
| 1998 | — | — | 40 | #2,259 |
| 1997 | — | — | 38 | #2,248 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,870 | 43 | #2,039 |
| 1995 | — | — | 37 | #2,199 |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,788 | 38 | #2,155 |
| 1993 | — | — | 36 | #2,190 |
| 1992 | — | — | 41 | #1,969 |
| 1991 | — | — | 43 | #1,853 |
| 1990 | — | — | 47 | #1,719 |
| 1989 | — | — | 37 | #1,979 |
| 1988 | — | — | 42 | #1,692 |
| 1987 | — | — | 37 | #1,779 |
| 1986 | — | — | 28 | #2,084 |
| 1985 | — | — | 38 | #1,660 |
| 1984 | — | — | 40 | #1,546 |
| 1983 | — | — | 27 | #1,992 |
| 1982 | — | — | 32 | #1,800 |
| 1981 | — | — | 47 | #1,385 |
| 1980 | — | — | 55 | #1,253 |
| 1979 | — | — | 67 | #1,095 |
| 1978 | — | — | 60 | #1,141 |
| 1977 | — | — | 67 | #1,058 |
| 1976 | — | — | 90 | #882 |
| 1975 | — | — | 105 | #812 |
| 1974 | — | — | 70 | #984 |
| 1973 | — | — | 56 | #1,088 |
| 1972 | — | — | 43 | #1,277 |
| 1971 | — | — | 32 | #1,546 |
| 1970 | — | — | 57 | #1,087 |
| 1969 | — | — | 33 | #1,406 |
| 1968 | — | — | 36 | #1,270 |
| 1967 | — | — | 47 | #1,079 |
| 1966 | — | — | 51 | #1,022 |
| 1965 | — | — | 72 | #869 |
| 1964 | — | — | 45 | #1,156 |
| 1963 | — | — | 58 | #999 |
| 1962 | — | — | 68 | #924 |
| 1961 | — | — | 63 | #974 |
| 1960 | — | — | 68 | #921 |
| 1959 | — | — | 69 | #924 |
| 1958 | — | — | 86 | #814 |
| 1957 | — | — | 77 | #858 |
| 1956 | — | — | 69 | #902 |
| 1955 | — | — | 92 | #761 |
| 1954 | — | — | 84 | #780 |
| 1953 | — | — | 88 | #760 |
| 1952 | — | — | 115 | #647 |
| 1951 | — | — | 127 | #626 |
| 1950 | — | — | 122 | #623 |
| 1949 | — | — | 106 | #670 |
| 1948 | — | — | 105 | #662 |
| 1947 | — | — | 138 | #576 |
| 1946 | — | — | 150 | #523 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,875 | 142 | #501 |
| 1944 | — | — | 197 | #434 |
| 1943 | — | — | 238 | #397 |
| 1942 | — | — | 398 | #308 |
| 1941 | — | — | 80 | #686 |
| 1940 | — | — | 73 | #713 |
| 1939 | — | — | 88 | #626 |
| 1938 | — | — | 77 | #692 |
| 1937 | — | — | 70 | #727 |
| 1936 | — | — | 76 | #682 |
| 1935 | — | — | 68 | #746 |
| 1934 | — | — | 86 | #654 |
| 1933 | — | — | 75 | #690 |
| 1932 | — | — | 70 | #753 |
| 1931 | — | — | 73 | #715 |
| 1930 | — | — | 67 | #789 |
| 1929 | — | — | 66 | #799 |
| 1928 | — | — | 54 | #920 |
| 1927 | — | — | 72 | #777 |
| 1926 | — | — | 61 | #850 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,266 | 76 | #756 |
| 1924 | — | — | 68 | #821 |
| 1923 | — | — | 76 | #754 |
| 1922 | — | — | 61 | #888 |
| 1921 | — | — | 71 | #810 |
| 1920 | — | — | 74 | #772 |
| 1919 | — | — | 77 | #727 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,285 | 75 | #746 |
| 1917 | — | — | 76 | #696 |
| 1916 | — | — | 55 | #851 |
| 1915 | — | — | 65 | #746 |
| 1914 | — | — | 43 | #810 |
| 1913 | — | — | 34 | #826 |
| 1912 | — | — | 36 | #721 |
| 1911 | — | — | 22 | #680 |
| 1910 | — | — | 16 | #772 |
| 1909 | — | — | 16 | #699 |
| 1908 | — | — | 12 | #809 |
| 1907 | — | — | 21 | #527 |
| 1906 | — | — | 22 | #484 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1904 | — | — | 16 | #581 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #898 |
| 1901 | — | — | 9 | #757 |
| 1900 | — | — | 12 | #763 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,079 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #902 |
| 1896 | — | — | 12 | #660 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,034 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,134 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #1,032 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,063 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #955 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,055 |
| 1888 | — | — | 11 | #629 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #1,007 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,053 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #990 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #752 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #784 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).