Maceo
Maceo was given to 65 boys in 2025, #2,200 among boys’ names; 3,195 Americans have been recorded with it since 1898 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,440 Americans named Maceo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 9 and 45.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Maceo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Maceo?
#2,200 among boys’ names, 2025
Maceo fell from #2,064 in 2015 to #2,200 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 36.0 to 38.1 per million.
95 babies in 2017, the peak
Maceo peaked in 2017, when 95 boys were given it, #1,675 among boys’ names. The 65 births of 2025 are 68% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,200 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,150 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,306 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,428 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 79 | #1,924 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 79 | #1,884 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,248 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,198 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 95 | #1,675 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 91 | #1,715 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 69 | #2,064 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 74 | #1,950 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 50 | #2,482 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 43 | #2,801 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,029 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,307 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 54 | #2,393 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 46 | #2,703 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 44 | #2,749 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,723 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,990 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,988 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,967 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,411 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,901 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,358 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,528 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,372 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,375 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 35 | #2,314 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,728 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,066 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,584 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,290 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,750 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 14 | #4,105 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,276 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,151 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,258 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,216 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 16 | #3,030 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,385 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 15 | #3,018 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,144 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,337 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,192 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 27 | #1,977 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,174 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,615 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 31 | #1,694 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,613 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,261 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,567 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 37 | #1,403 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,387 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,588 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,675 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 8 | #3,142 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,407 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,563 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,373 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,265 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 17 | #2,006 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,201 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,628 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,755 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,224 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,246 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,332 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,943 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,936 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,930 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 23 | #1,602 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,808 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,989 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,078 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,791 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,960 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,104 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,829 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,408 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,354 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,778 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,431 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,264 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,768 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,145 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,801 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,023 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,286 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,828 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,878 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,628 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,570 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,028 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,768 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,224 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,777 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,828 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,561 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,659 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,477 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,933 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,225 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,852 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,337 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,479 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,869 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,907 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,394 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,828 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,892 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,167 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,660 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,753 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 11 | #934 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,285 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,198 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,049 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,231 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,245 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,155 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,014 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 9 | #760 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 13 | #620 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Maceo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Maceo has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 126 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Maceo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Maceo, and how old are they?
2,440 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 3,195 Americans ever recorded as Maceo. The median Maceo alive today is 20 years old; half are between 9 and 45.
The 2020 Census counted 1,802 people named Maceo (18 women and girls, 1,784 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,146 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 55 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 189 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 357 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 279 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 651 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 908 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Maceo born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 11 | #1,550 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 10 | #1,716 | 0.3× |
Where Maceo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Maceo is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Maceo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 7,333 babies since 1880, Maceo is the most given (44% of them). In 2025 it was given to 65 of their 193 babies (34%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Maceo and names like it
- Compare Maceo and MaceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sMaceo peaked in 2017.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Maceo since 1910.
- The top names of 2017The year the most babies were named Maceo.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Maceo alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.