Macon

Where Macon comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Macon.

Macon through the years
  1. 1898
    First appearance
    #1,121 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1904
    Peak, #966
    7 babies named Macon, its best rank.
  3. 1905
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1932
    Macon McCalman born
    American actor
  5. 1974
    Macon Blair born
    American film actor, line producer, and screenwriter
  6. 1980
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Macon Blair · American film actor, line producer, and screenwriter, born 1974
  • Macon McCalman · American actor, 1932–2005

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.