Macauley — #7413 US boys' name
254 babies named Macauley in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Macauley was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Macauley in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Macauley
The Social Security Administration has registered 254 babies named Macauley between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Macauley currently holds the #7413 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 24 babies received it in a single year. Macauley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 30 additional births since 1991.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Macauley performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Macauley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Macauley 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 254 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.
Macauley at a glance
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Macauley popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (1992)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #7413 among boys.
254 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 24 births in a single year.
Macauley popularity over time — girls
30 total births recorded since 1991 (Macauley as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Macauley accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Macauley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 117 births that decade — 46% of Macauley's all-time total
Macauley decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Macauley's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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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, 1991–2024 (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.