Unisex name · since 2001
Macayle
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 56 babies named Macayle, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,720 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Macayle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 56 have been recorded since 2001.
Macayle has 56 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2013.
- #33,720 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 56 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macayle ranks #33,720 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #33,720 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Macayle's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Macayle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Macayle's full recorded timeline at 2006, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Macayle popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2013
- Peak year (2005)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Macayle popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2011 (Macayle as boys' name)
Macayle by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (35 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Macayle's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Macayle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
35 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 35 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Macayle's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (35 total births) through the 2010s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Macayle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2001–2013 (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 Macayle 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.