Boys' name · since 1996
Macoy
Macoy has 545 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,487 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,747 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 545
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Macoy is the #5747 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 545 recorded since 1996.
Macoy has 545 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5747 as of the latest data, more common than 59% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #7,487 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,747 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 545 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macoy ranks #7,487 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,747 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 545 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,487 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,747 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 545
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Macoy's 545 recorded births place it above 83.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Macoy compares
545 Top 42% higher than 58% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Macoy's all-time total is 48% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Macoy | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 545 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 34 | 22,252 |
Macoy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Macoy splits its recorded history at 2011: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1997 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Macoy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Macoy by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (242 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Macoy's strongest decade.
242 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Macoy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 35
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
141 births
- 2010s
2010s
242 births
- 2020s
2020s
127 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 242 births (44% of all-time use).
How Macoy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Macoy's total volume
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What to do with Macoy's data
- Macoy's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (242 total births) through the 2020s (127) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Macoy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Macoy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.