Unisex name · since 1991
Macauley
Macauley has 260 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,450 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,116 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 260
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Macauley is the #11116 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 260 recorded since 1991.
Macauley has 260 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11116 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of boys, 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 1991 to 2025.
- #11,450 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,116 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 260 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macauley ranks #11,450 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,116 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 260 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,450 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,116 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 260
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Macauley's 260 recorded births place it above 74.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Macauley compares
260 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Macauley's all-time total is 30% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Macauley | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 260 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Macauley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Macauley's full recorded timeline at 2004, 36% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 64% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Macauley popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Macauley popularity over time - girls
30 total births recorded since 1991 (Macauley as girls' name)
Macauley by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (117 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Macauley's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Macauley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
117 births
- 2000s
2000s
78 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 117 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Macauley's decade-level peak was the 1990s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- 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 Macauley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Macauley 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.