Macel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Macel

The Social Security Administration has registered 821 babies named Macel between 1900 and 1959, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Macel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Macel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 265 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Macel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 292 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Macel in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Macel 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 821 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.