Boys' name · since 1956
Mak
Mak has 186 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,410 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,868 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 186
- born since 1956
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mak currently ranks #6868 among boys' names in America, with 186 babies recorded since 1956.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mak has been recorded 186 times among boys since 1956, currently ranked #6868 nationally and more common than 51% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.
- #13,410 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,868 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 186 born since 1956
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mak ranks #13,410 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,868 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 186 born since 1956, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,410 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,868 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 186
- born since 1956
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mak's 186 recorded births place it above 70.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mak compares
186 37th 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
Mak's all-time total is 50% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mak | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 186 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mak's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mak splits its recorded history at 2015: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1956 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Mak by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (81 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Mak's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Mak births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
74 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 81 births (44% of all-time use).
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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, 1956–2025 (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 Mak 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.