Macon
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 91.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1904 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,105since 1898
Macon over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #4,571 | 22 |
| 2023 | — | #4,456 | 23 | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #3,278 | 36 |
| 2021 | — | #3,497 | 32 | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #2,886 | 41 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #2,736 | 46 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #3,301 | 34 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #3,193 | 36 |
| 2016 | — | #3,441 | 32 | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #2,565 | 48 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #2,754 | 43 |
| 2013 | — | #3,060 | 36 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #3,450 | 31 |
| 2011 | — | #3,235 | 34 | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #3,721 | 28 |
| 2008 | — | #3,646 | 29 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,893 | 26 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,384 | 31 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | — | #4,502 | 17 | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #3,721 | 22 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | — | #3,849 | 18 | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,865 | 22 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,680 | 17 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,205 | 14 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,494 | 11 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,887 | 17 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,186 | 13 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,438 | 10 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,440 | 24 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,483 | 21 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,537 | 21 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,736 | 16 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | — | #1,801 | 15 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,837 | 15 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,425 | 23 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,796 | 19 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,846 | 18 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,583 | 23 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,460 | 26 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,199 | 36 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #1,208 | 36 |
| 1919 | — | #1,408 | 26 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | — | #1,238 | 30 | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | — | #1,553 | 20 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,188 | 24 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1898
The first year at least five boys were named Macon! It came in at #1,121, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1903, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,623 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #7,194)
- 4,308 spots since 2020 (#2,886 → #7,194)
- 4,629 spots since 2015 (#2,565 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1904 at #966 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1905, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1904
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,303
- Highest: 1 in 18,303 boys born in 1904 were named Macon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 17.3% of all boys named Macon (365) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1980
- Mostly girls until 1979, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,121 (1898) | #1,121 |
| 1900s | 31 | #966 (1904) | #1,132 |
| 1910s | 178 | #1,188 (1914) | #1,368 |
| 1920s | 220 | #1,199 (1921) | #1,752 |
| 1930s | 159 | #1,425 (1934) | #1,831 |
| 1940s | 179 | #1,372 (1941) | #1,731 |
| 1950s | 121 | #1,774 (1951) | #2,402 |
| 1960s | 95 | #2,205 (1964) | #2,865 |
| 1970s | 94 | #2,270 (1977) | #3,810 |
| 1980s | 94 | #2,680 (1981) | #4,590 |
| 1990s | 171 | #2,865 (1990) | #3,841 |
| 2000s | 228 | #3,384 (2006) | #4,090 |
| 2010s | 365 | #2,565 (2015) | #3,173 |
| 2020s | 165 | #2,886 (2020) | #4,314 |
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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