Macheal — boys' name
33 babies named Macheal in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Macheal was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Macheal in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Macheal
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Macheal between 1960 and 1974, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Macheal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Macheal is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1966.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Macheal performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Macheal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Macheal 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 33 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.
Macheal at a glance
Last recorded 1974Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Macheal popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1960
- Peak year (1974)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1974.
33 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 7 births in a single year.
Macheal popularity over time — girls
16 total births recorded since 1966 (Macheal as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Macheal accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Macheal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 21 births that decade — 64% of Macheal's all-time total
Macheal decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Macheal's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
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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, 1960–1974 (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.