Recorded 1997–2019 Boys' name Peak 2012 75 births

Macintyre — boys' name

75 babies named Macintyre in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s182000s242010s33
2010s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Macintyre was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

9 babies were named Macintyre in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Macintyre

The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Macintyre between 1997 and 2019, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Macintyre currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Macintyre performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Macintyre shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Macintyre 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 75 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.

Macintyre at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

75

Since 1997

23 years of records

Peak year

2012

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1997

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2019

Macintyre popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1997

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2012)
9
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
45678910 201920162015201420122009200720062000199919981997 7

Macintyre by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
33 births that decade — 44% of Macintyre's all-time total
1990s182000s242010s33

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Macintyre?
75 babies have been named Macintyre since 1997. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2012 with 9 births.
When was Macintyre most popular?
Macintyre was most popular in the 2010s decade with 33 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Macintyre been used?
Macintyre has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 23 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Macintyre?
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, 1997–2019 (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.