Macon
Macon was given to 11 boys in 2025, #7,481 among boys’ names; 2,314 Americans have been recorded with it since 1898 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,510 Americans named Macon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 11 and 45.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Macon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Macon?
#7,481 among boys’ names, 2025
Macon fell from #2,587 in 2015 to #7,481 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 25.0 to 6.4 per million.
56 babies in 2015, the peak
Macon peaked in 2015, when 56 babies were given it (48 boys, #2,587 among boys’ names). The 11 births of 2025 are 20% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,481 | 6.4 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,644 | 12.8 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,547 | 13.4 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,312 | 20.6 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,548 | 18.3 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,908 | 23.8 |
| 2019 | 46 | #2,749 | 25.6 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,341 | 18.7 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,227 | 19.4 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,492 | 16.9 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 48 | #2,587 | 25.0 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,784 | 22.4 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,100 | 19.0 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,493 | 16.3 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,281 | 17.9 |
| 2010 | 25 | #4,064 | 13.0 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,787 | 14.1 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,698 | 14.2 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,964 | 12.5 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,423 | 15.1 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,678 | 13.0 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,156 | 8.1 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,213 | 10.1 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,618 | 8.8 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,797 | 11.3 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,473 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,676 | 7.8 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,946 | 9.4 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,512 | 5.8 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,304 | 7.9 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,385 | 10.5 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,209 | 7.8 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,447 | 9.7 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,166 | 10.5 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,941 | 7.4 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,917 | 10.7 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,424 | 6.0 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,813 | 6.8 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,446 | 5.4 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,701 | 3.8 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,546 | 4.9 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,944 | 2.8 |
| 1983 | 7 | #5,252 | 3.9 |
| 1982 | 6 | #6,100 | 3.3 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,740 | 9.5 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,776 | 4.5 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,790 | 3.5 |
| 1978 | 9 | #4,041 | 5.5 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,324 | 12.2 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,184 | 7.6 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,820 | 5.8 |
| 1974 | 6 | #5,005 | 3.8 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,930 | 5.1 |
| 1972 | 5 | #5,462 | 3.1 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,830 | 4.5 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,998 | 5.9 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,806 | 3.9 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,552 | 4.0 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,555 | 6.3 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,903 | 5.0 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,564 | 5.9 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,274 | 7.0 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,224 | 3.9 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,609 | 5.3 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,640 | 5.2 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,907 | 2.8 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,757 | 4.7 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,744 | 4.7 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,586 | 5.1 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,899 | 4.3 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,384 | 3.4 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,937 | 8.3 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,247 | 6.6 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,985 | 8.2 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,809 | 9.6 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,525 | 5.6 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,997 | 8.5 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,182 | 7.4 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,889 | 9.3 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,458 | 14.8 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,898 | 10.4 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,509 | 15.4 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,046 | 9.8 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,568 | 15.2 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,397 | 19.5 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,772 | 13.8 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,386 | 9.0 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,662 | 16.2 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,056 | 12.2 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,851 | 14.5 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,891 | 14.4 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,452 | 22.3 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,057 | 13.1 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,629 | 19.2 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,749 | 17.3 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,141 | 12.8 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,404 | 11.2 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,590 | 9.9 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,850 | 16.9 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,879 | 16.2 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,613 | 20.6 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,940 | 15.9 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,478 | 23.7 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,737 | 19.3 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,216 | 32.7 |
| 1920 | 36 | #1,219 | 33.8 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,437 | 26.5 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,801 | 18.7 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,252 | 32.4 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,291 | 31.5 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,583 | 23.6 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,210 | 36.7 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,294 | 33.2 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,324 | 32.6 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,607 | 30.5 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,174 | 45.4 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,072 | 52.6 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,029 | 54.6 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,246 | 40.8 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,240 | 40.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Macon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,314 Americans recorded as Macon, 9% are girls and 91% boys. In 2025 it went to 11 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Macon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Macon, and how old are they?
1,510 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 2,314 Americans ever recorded as Macon. The median Macon alive today is 22 years old; half are between 11 and 45.
The 2020 Census counted 1,422 people named Macon (256 women and girls, 1,166 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,429 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 61 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 153 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 157 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 224 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 426 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 490 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Macon born?
The states with the most babies named Macon are North Carolina, Alabama and Virginia, with 88% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama and Virginia are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 253 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Alabama | 73 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Virginia | 48 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Tennessee | 25 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| South Carolina | 11 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Macon is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Macon is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 3.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Macon with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 3,583 babies since 1880, Macon is the most given (65% of them). In 2025 it was given to 11 of their 49 babies (22%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Macon
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Macon and names like it
- Compare Macon and MacenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sMacon peaked in 2015.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Macon since 1910.
- The top names of 2015The year the most babies were named Macon.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Macon alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.