Girls' name · since 1985
Macall
88 babies named Macall in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,579 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Macall is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 88 have been recorded since 1985.
Macall has 88 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2011.
- #28,579 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macall ranks #28,579 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #28,579 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Macall's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Macall's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Macall splits its recorded history at 1993: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Macall popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2011
- Peak year (1997)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Macall by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (52 births, 59% of the file).
1990s was Macall's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Macall births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 52 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Macall's decade-level peak was the 1990s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Macall: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Macall draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.