Maceo

Where Maceo comes from

Maceo hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1898
    Debut at its peak, #611
    #611 among boys with 13 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,058.
  3. 1943
    Maceo Parker born
    American saxophonist and composer
  4. 1976
    Maceo Baston born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Maceo Parker · American saxophonist and composer, born 1943
  • Maceo Baston · American basketball player, born 1976
  • Maceo Rigters · Dutch association football player, born 1984
  • Maceo Pinkard · American composer, lyricist, and music publisher, 1897–1962
  • Maceo Plex · American electronic music producer and DJ, born 1978

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.