Mac
Mac was given to 390 boys in 2025, #696 among boys’ names; 11,455 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,860 Americans named Mac and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 5 and 53.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mac by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mac mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mac is “a diminutive of the male given name Max.”
/mæk/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mac?
#696 among boys’ names, 2025
Mac rose from #1,098 in 2015 to #696 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.09 to 0.23 per 1,000.
470 babies in 2022, the peak
Mac peaked in 2022, when 470 babies were given it (465 boys, #605 among boys’ names). The 395 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 84% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 390 | #696 | 0.23 |
| 2024 | 389 | #697 | 0.23 |
| 2023 | 417 | #656 | 0.24 |
| 2022 | 465 | #605 | 0.27 |
| 2021 | 401 | #674 | 0.23 |
| 2020 | 237 | #934 | 0.14 |
| 2019 | 254 | #871 | 0.14 |
| 2018 | 206 | #1,007 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 185 | #1,069 | 0.10 |
| 2016 | 174 | #1,123 | 0.09 |
Every recorded year (141)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 177 | #1,098 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 163 | #1,161 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 159 | #1,143 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 147 | #1,213 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 110 | #1,481 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,436 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 99 | #1,611 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 86 | #1,756 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 86 | #1,737 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 77 | #1,802 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,221 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,176 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 67 | #1,793 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 67 | #1,731 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 57 | #1,923 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 58 | #1,836 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 58 | #1,757 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 40 | #2,256 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 38 | #2,245 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,035 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 37 | #2,194 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,150 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,185 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 41 | #1,964 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 43 | #1,847 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,974 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,687 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,777 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,082 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 38 | #1,659 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 40 | #1,545 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,991 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,799 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 47 | #1,385 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,253 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 67 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,141 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,058 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 90 | #882 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 105 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 70 | #984 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,088 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,545 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 57 | #1,087 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 33 | #1,406 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,270 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,079 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 51 | #1,022 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 72 | #869 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,155 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 58 | #998 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 68 | #923 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 63 | #973 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 68 | #920 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 69 | #923 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 86 | #813 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 77 | #857 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 69 | #901 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 92 | #760 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 84 | #779 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 88 | #759 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 115 | #646 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 127 | #625 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 122 | #622 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 106 | #669 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 105 | #661 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 138 | #576 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 150 | #523 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 142 | #501 | 0.11 |
| 1944 | 197 | #434 | 0.14 |
| 1943 | 238 | #397 | 0.17 |
| 1942 | 398 | #308 | 0.29 |
| 1941 | 80 | #686 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 73 | #713 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 88 | #626 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 77 | #692 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 70 | #727 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 76 | #682 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 68 | #746 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 86 | #654 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 75 | #690 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 70 | #753 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 73 | #715 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 67 | #789 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 66 | #799 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 54 | #920 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 72 | #777 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 61 | #850 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 76 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 68 | #821 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 76 | #754 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 61 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 71 | #810 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 74 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 77 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 75 | #746 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 76 | #696 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 55 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 65 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 43 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 34 | #826 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 36 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 22 | #680 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 16 | #772 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 16 | #699 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 12 | #809 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 21 | #527 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 22 | #484 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,048 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 16 | #581 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,230 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 8 | #897 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 9 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 12 | #762 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,078 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 7 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 12 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,033 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,133 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,031 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,062 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 6 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,054 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 11 | #629 | 0.09 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,007 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,053 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 5 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 7 | #751 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 7 | #784 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Mac a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mac has been given almost only to boys: 58 girls in 141 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mac: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mac, and how old are they?
7,860 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 11,455 Americans ever recorded as Mac. The median Mac alive today is 16 years old; half are between 5 and 53.
The 2020 Census counted 7,431 people named Mac (366 women and girls, 7,065 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,156 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 521 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,090 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 834 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 592 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,620 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mac born?
The states with the most babies named Mac are Texas, California and Florida, with 19% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 23 | #1,031 | 0.8× |
| California | 22 | #1,002 | 0.5× |
| Florida | 21 | #742 | 0.4× |
| New York | 20 | #737 | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 19 | #550 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 17 | #561 | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 17 | #508 | 0.4× |
| Massachusetts | 17 | #328 | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 14 | #669 | 1.1× |
| Utah | 14 | #341 | 1.8× |
Where Mac is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mac is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mac with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 54,541 babies since 1880, Mac is the second most given (21% of them). In 2025 it was given to 395 of their 1,075 babies (37%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mac
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Winston | 32,956 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mac and names like it
- Compare Mac and MackBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMac peaked in 2022.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mac since 1910.
- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Mac.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Mac alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.