Macy
Macy was given to 390 girls in 2025, #720 among girls’ names; 33,304 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 31,700 Americans named Macy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 21 years old and half are between 14 and 27.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Macy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Macy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Macy is “a female given name transferred from the surname.”
Norman baronial surname from places named Massy in France, derived from a Gallo-Roman personal name Maccius.
/ˈmeɪsi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Macy?
#720 among girls’ names, 2025
Macy fell from #414 in 2015 to #720 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.43 to 0.24 per 1,000.
1,494 babies in 2003, the peak
Macy peaked in 2003, when 1,494 babies were given it (1,483 girls, #219 among girls’ names). The 390 births of 2025 are 26% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 390 | #720 | 0.24 |
| 2024 | 441 | #663 | 0.27 |
| 2023 | 419 | #691 | 0.26 |
| 2022 | 408 | #719 | 0.25 |
| 2021 | 468 | #632 | 0.29 |
| 2020 | 471 | #622 | 0.29 |
| 2019 | 510 | #596 | 0.30 |
| 2018 | 554 | #562 | 0.33 |
| 2017 | 570 | #543 | 0.33 |
| 2016 | 632 | #495 | 0.36 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 773 | #414 | 0.43 |
| 2014 | 892 | #364 | 0.50 |
| 2013 | 875 | #361 | 0.50 |
| 2012 | 934 | #335 | 0.53 |
| 2011 | 1,064 | #297 | 0.60 |
| 2010 | 1,115 | #291 | 0.63 |
| 2009 | 1,157 | #286 | 0.63 |
| 2008 | 1,215 | #281 | 0.64 |
| 2007 | 1,226 | #281 | 0.64 |
| 2006 | 1,215 | #275 | 0.64 |
| 2005 | 1,368 | #243 | 0.74 |
| 2004 | 1,415 | #233 | 0.77 |
| 2003 | 1,483 | #219 | 0.81 |
| 2002 | 1,446 | #221 | 0.80 |
| 2001 | 1,314 | #242 | 0.73 |
| 2000 | 1,375 | #233 | 0.76 |
| 1999 | 983 | #314 | 0.55 |
| 1998 | 872 | #337 | 0.49 |
| 1997 | 780 | #354 | 0.45 |
| 1996 | 739 | #367 | 0.42 |
| 1995 | 769 | #343 | 0.44 |
| 1994 | 667 | #380 | 0.37 |
| 1993 | 624 | #401 | 0.34 |
| 1992 | 581 | #433 | 0.32 |
| 1991 | 535 | #458 | 0.29 |
| 1990 | 351 | #640 | 0.18 |
| 1989 | 153 | #1,093 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 75 | #1,714 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 76 | #1,624 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 49 | #2,161 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,733 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 45 | #2,212 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,950 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 40 | #2,436 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,289 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,570 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,652 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 43 | #2,173 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,494 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,697 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,054 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,729 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,268 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,380 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,734 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,159 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 30 | #2,379 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,130 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,578 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,717 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,098 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 12 | #4,009 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,561 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,288 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,912 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,338 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,547 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,214 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,418 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,682 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,699 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,660 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,595 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,694 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,765 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,986 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,498 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,262 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,501 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,280 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,874 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 19 | #2,046 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,489 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,610 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,260 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,088 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,291 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,056 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,106 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,167 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,586 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,110 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,852 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,720 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,686 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,066 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,570 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 30 | #1,504 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,694 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,724 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 19 | #2,096 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,707 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,555 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,393 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,412 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,589 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,421 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,428 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,552 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,637 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,729 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,584 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 19 | #1,023 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,049 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 19 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,115 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,968 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 17 | #908 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 17 | #914 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,149 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,958 | 0.02 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,281 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 13 | #948 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 15 | #999 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1898 | 16 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 12 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,509 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,259 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,618 | 0.02 |
| 1893 | 14 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 10 | #927 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,159 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 7 | #1,000 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 7 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 7 | #887 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Macy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 33,304 Americans recorded as Macy, 98% are girls and 2% boys. In 2025 it went to 390 girls; SSA lists no boys 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 Macy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Macy, and how old are they?
31,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 33,304 Americans ever recorded as Macy. The median Macy alive today is 21 years old; half are between 14 and 27.
The 2020 Census counted 29,509 people named Macy (29,135 women and girls, 374 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 29,472 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 | 90 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 230 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 429 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,820 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 18,800 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,360 |
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 Macy born?
The states with the most babies named Macy are Texas, California and Pennsylvania, with 22% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 28 | #1,024 | 1.0× |
| California | 24 | #1,105 | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | #459 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 22 | #502 | 1.3× |
| Florida | 19 | #848 | 0.6× |
| Minnesota | 18 | #321 | 1.3× |
| Washington | 18 | #401 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 13 | #625 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 13 | #730 | 0.7× |
| Colorado | 13 | #448 | 0.8× |
Where Macy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Macy is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 2.0 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 girls’ 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 Macy 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 94,099 babies since 1880, Macy is the most given (35% of them). In 2025 it was given to 390 of their 1,653 babies (24%), 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 Macy
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 Macy and names like it
- Compare Macy and MacieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sMacy peaked in 2003.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Macy since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Macy: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2003The year the most babies were named Macy.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Macy alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with MMost given first.