Mackson — #8792 US boys' name
278 babies named Mackson in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 38% of names given to boys today.
74% of everyone ever named Mackson was born in this single decade.
45 babies were named Mackson in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mackson
The Social Security Administration has registered 278 babies named Mackson between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mackson currently holds the #8792 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 45 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mackson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 207 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mackson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mackson in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mackson 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 278 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.
Mackson at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mackson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2016)
- 45
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #8792 among boys.
278 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 45 births in a single year.
Mackson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 207 births that decade — 74% of Mackson's all-time total
Mackson decade highlights
- Peak decade 207 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mackson's strongest decade
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
Mackson by state
Where Mackson concentrates geographically — total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 278 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Wisconsin 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Wisconsin accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2011–2024 (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.