Mac

Where Mac comes from

See macc for details.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mac
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1942
    Mac Davis born
    American songwriter, singer and actor
  3. 1942
    Peak, #308
    398 babies named Mac — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1944
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #434.
  5. 1950
    Mac Wilkins born
    American athletics competitor
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Max.
Namesakes
  • Mac Wilkins · American athletics competitor, born 1950
  • Mac Davis · American songwriter, singer and actor, 1942–2020
  • Mac Forehand · American freestyle skier, born 2001
  • Mac Thornberry · former U.S. Representative from Texas, born 1958
  • Mac Danzig · American martial artist, born 1980

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.