Boys' name · since 1997
Macrae
Macrae has 172 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,883 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,129 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 172
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
172 babies have been named Macrae since 1997, making it today's #10129 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macrae has been recorded 172 times among boys since 1997, currently ranked #10129 nationally and more common than 27% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #13,883 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,129 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 172 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macrae ranks #13,883 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,129 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 172 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,883 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,129 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 172
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Macrae's 172 recorded births place it above 69.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Macrae compares
172 35th percentile among 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
Macrae's all-time total is 53% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Macrae | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 172 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Macrae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Macrae's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Macrae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Macrae by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (64 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Macrae's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Macrae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 64 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Macrae's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (64 total births) through the 2020s (33) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Macrae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1997–2025 (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 Macrae 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.