Macen
- Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099
- #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
- Given to boys 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 56 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 964since 1992
Macen over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Macen has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,249 | 24 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,216 | 37 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,456 | 23 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,053 | 40 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,074 | 39 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,734 | 28 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,103 | 38 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,793 | 28 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,412 | 53 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,864 | 41 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,532 | 30 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,715 | 43 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,488 | 50 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,403 | 52 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,287 | 56 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,847 | 42 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,486 | 31 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,868 | 41 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,153 | 34 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,752 | 39 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #3,217 | 30 |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,450 | 25 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,302 | 18 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,389 | 17 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
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| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1992
The first year at least five boys were named Macen! It came in at #7,422, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Macen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Macen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Macen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,033 spots since 2024 (#3,216 → #4,249)
- 515 spots since 2020 (#3,734 → #4,249)
- 1,385 spots since 2015 (#2,864 → #4,249)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1992
- Peaked 2010 at #2,287 (56 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34,262
- Highest: 1 in 34,262 boys born in 2010 were named Macen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 43.5% of all boys named Macen (419) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60 | #4,537 (1999) | #6,591 |
| 2000s | 294 | #2,752 (2005) | #3,508 |
| 2010s | 419 | #2,287 (2010) | #2,938 |
| 2020s | 191 | #3,053 (2022) | #3,630 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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