Recorded 1974–2019 Boys' name Peak 2000 282 births

Macgregor — boys' name

282 babies named Macgregor in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51980s331990s802000s1092010s55
2000s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Macgregor was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

17 babies were named Macgregor in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Macgregor

The Social Security Administration has registered 282 babies named Macgregor between 1974 and 2019, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Macgregor currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Macgregor performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Macgregor shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Macgregor 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 282 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.

Macgregor at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

282

Since 1974

46 years of records

Peak year

2000

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1974

Recorded for 46 years

Last year on file: 2019

Macgregor popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1974

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2000)
17
Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
05101520 20192014200720021997199219861974 5

Macgregor by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
109 births that decade — 39% of Macgregor's all-time total
1970s51980s331990s802000s1092010s55

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Macgregor?
282 babies have been named Macgregor since 1974. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2000 with 17 births.
When was Macgregor most popular?
Macgregor was most popular in the 2000s decade with 109 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
How long has the name Macgregor been used?
Macgregor has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 46 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Macgregor?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mack, Mac, Mackenzie, Maceo, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.