Girls' name · since 1981
Macee
1,875 babies named Macee in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,897 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,516 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,875
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Macee is the #8516 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,875 recorded since 1981.
Macee has 1,875 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8516 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, 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 1981 to 2025.
- #4,897 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,516 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,875 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macee ranks #4,897 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,516 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,875 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,897 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,516 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,875
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Macee's 1,875 recorded births place it above 93.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Macee compares
1,875 Top 23% higher than 77% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Macee's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Macee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,875 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 98 | 21 | 19,840 |
Macee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Macee's full recorded timeline at 2006, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 98 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Macee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 98
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Macee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (774 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Macee's strongest decade.
774 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Macee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
349 births
- 2000s
2000s
774 births
- 2010s
2010s
615 births
- 2020s 119
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 774 births (41% of all-time use).
How Macee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Macee's total volume
Macee by state
Where Macee concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 182 | 9.7% |
| #2 | Utah | | 61 | 3.3% |
| #3 | California | | 42 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 42 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 34 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 28 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 20 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 17 | 0.9% |
182 of 1,875 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Macee appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Macee's data
- Macee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (774 total births); usage has since declined to 119 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Macees (182 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Macee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Macee 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.