Recorded 1995–2005 Girls' name Peak 1997 40 births

Macalah — girls' name

40 babies named Macalah in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s292000s11
1990s
Peak decade

73% of everyone ever named Macalah was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

12 babies were named Macalah in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Macalah

The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Macalah between 1995 and 2005, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Macalah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Macalah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Macalah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Macalah 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 40 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.

Macalah at a glance

Last recorded 2005

Total births

40

Since 1995

11 years of records

Peak year

1997

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2005

Active since

1995

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2005

Macalah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1995

Last recorded 2005
Peak year (1997)
12
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
468101214 200520001999199819971995 6

Macalah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
29 births that decade — 73% of Macalah's all-time total
1990s292000s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Macalah?
40 babies have been named Macalah since 1995. It was last recorded in 2005. The peak year was 1997 with 12 births.
When was Macalah most popular?
Macalah was most popular in the 1990s decade with 29 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Macalah been used?
Macalah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 11 years of data through 2005.
What names are similar to Macalah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mackenzie, Macy, Macie, Maci, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.