Macala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Macala

The Social Security Administration has registered 155 babies named Macala between 1989 and 2005, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Macala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Macala performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Macala shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Macala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Macala in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 155 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.