Girls' name · since 1900
Macey
Macey has 11,536 recorded births since 1900 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,524 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,612 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,536
- born since 1900
- 2000s
- peak decade
11,536 babies have been named Macey since 1900, making it today's #1612 girls' name.
Macey has 11,536 recorded births among girls since 1900, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1612 as of the latest data, more common than 91% 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 1900 to 2025.
- #1,524 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,612 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11,536 born since 1900
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macey ranks #1,524 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,612 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11,536 born since 1900, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,524 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,612 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,536
- born since 1900
- 2000s
- peak decade
Macey's 11,536 recorded births place it above 97.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Macey compares
11,536 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Macey's all-time total is 31x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Macey | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,536 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 561 | 21 | 19,840 |
Macey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Macey's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 96% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 4%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1900, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 561, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Macey popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 561
- Annual births at peak, across 126 years of records
Macey popularity over time - boys
51 total births recorded since 1914 (Macey as boys' name)
Macey by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (4,820 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Macey's strongest decade.
4,820 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Macey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 16
1900s
16 births
- 1910s 30
1910s
30 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1960s 30
1960s
30 births
- 1970s 105
1970s
105 births
- 1980s 227
1980s
227 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,821 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,820 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,657 births
- 2020s 802
2020s
802 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 4,820 births (42% of all-time use).
How Macey 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 Macey's total volume
Macey by state
Where Macey concentrates geographically, total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,079 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 657 | 5.7% |
| #3 | California | | 586 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 443 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 433 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 432 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 416 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 387 | 3.4% |
1,079 of 11,536 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Macey appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Macey's data
- Macey's decade-level peak was the 2000s (4,820 total births); usage has since declined to 802 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Maceys (1,079 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Macey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~125 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, 1900–2025 (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 Macey 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.