Macy

#718 for girls in 2025, 390 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
Given to girls 98.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
2003 · 1,483 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
32,749
since 1885

Macy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Macy has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #219, 2003girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#718390—
2024#663441—
2023#691419—
2022#718408—
2021#632468—
2020#621471—
2019#596510—
2018#561554—
2017#543570—
2016#494632—
2015#414773—
2014#364892—
2013#361875—
2012#335934—
2011#2971,064—
2010#2911,115—
2009#2861,157#12,4915
2008#2811,215—
2007#2811,226#8,9158
2006#2741,215—
2005#2431,368—
2004#2331,415#5,49214
2003#2191,483#6,25811
2002#2211,446#10,6675
2001#2421,314—
2000#2331,375#10,3495
1999#314983#9,9125
1998#337872—
1997#354780#6,6188
1996#366739#9,0155
1995#343769#6,9927
1994#380667#6,9687
1993#401624#7,6386
1992#432581#5,23610
1991#458535#5,5219
1990#638351#5,8238
1989#1,091153#6,2297
1988#1,70475#5,7517
1987#1,61976#4,5739
1986#2,14849#5,3327
1985#2,70435#6,5235
1984#2,19245#5,5616
1983#2,91029#5,4846
1982#2,41440#3,69211
1981#2,26544#4,5098
1980#2,53737#3,83810
1979#2,62134—
1978#2,15943#5,7725
1977#2,46335#4,5827
1976#2,66429—
1975#3,95016—
1974#2,68327#3,5589
1973#4,15514—
1972#2,35631#3,15210
1971#3,65217#2,55814
1970#4,03814#3,07110
1969#2,35030#3,0629
1968#4,00012#3,3657
1967#3,48414—
1966#4,4939#2,62710
1965#3,95211—
1964#3,87912—
1963#3,45814—
1962#5,8606—
1961#3,79312#3,3567
1960#4,18410#3,3377
1959#3,43613—
1958#4,8907#3,5596
1957#3,30913#2,8229
1956#2,62219#3,9425
1955#3,57111#3,8865
1954#2,59218#3,4526
1953#3,48011—
1952#3,55210#3,3736
1951#2,69415—
1950#2,90913#3,3296
1949#4,2357#3,6905
1948#3,13711#3,0107
1947#2,44817#3,7335
1946#2,22818—
1945—#2,9966
1944#2,76211#3,4305
1943#1,99419#3,5385
1942#2,41614—
1941#2,53212#2,6568
1940#2,20314#2,8717
1939#2,03816#3,1136
1938#2,22514#3,1756
1937#1,99916#2,19711
1936#2,03215—
1935#2,09515—
1934#1,55623—
1933#2,05215—
1932#1,81719#3,7765
1931#1,68621#3,3906
1930#1,66123#3,2897
1929#2,01117—
1928#1,54127#4,1515
1927#1,48630#3,4517
1926#1,66725#2,30213
1925#1,70025—
1924#2,06219#2,82210
1923#1,67225#3,1758
1922#1,53629#2,63011
1921#1,34135#2,63211
1920#1,37533#4,2865
1919#1,39331#3,7366
1918#1,56626#3,3687
1917#1,40228#3,2177
1916#1,40827#2,7309
1915#1,52323—
1914#1,60317#3,2645
1913#1,67013#1,80310
1912#1,54013—
1911#1,00719#1,7405
1910#1,03018—
1909#93519—
1908#1,08414#1,3735
1907#1,8216#1,3455
1906#89517—
1905#90017#1,2335
1904#1,09211—
1903#1,7925—
1902#1,2199—
1901#91813—
1900#97015—
1899#1,03410—
1898#84016—
1897#93112—
1896#1,4166—
1895#1,2028#1,0795
1894#1,4855—
1893#79414—
1892——
1891#89310—
1890#1,0997—
1889——
1888——
1887#9377—
1886#8977—
1885#8427—
1884——
1883——
1882——
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Macy! It came in at #842, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Macy is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Macy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 55 spots since 2024 (#663 → #718)
  • 97 spots since 2020 (#621 → #718)
  • 304 spots since 2015 (#414 → #718)
  • Biggest jump: 485 spots in 1897 (#1,416 → #931)
  • Biggest drop: 926 spots in 1907 (#895 → #1,821)
Rise & fade · girls
118 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 2003 at #219 (1,483 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1990–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,232
  • Highest: 1 in 1,232 girls born in 2003 were named Macy (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,121 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 40.3% of all girls named Macy (13,214) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s21#842 (1885)#892
1890s88#794 (1893)#1,077
1900s126#895 (1906)#1,163
1910s215#1,007 (1911)#1,414
1920s265#1,341 (1921)#1,639
1930s177#1,556 (1934)#1,916
1940s123#1,994 (1943)#2,662
1950s130#2,592 (1954)#3,306
1960s130#2,350 (1969)#3,945
1970s260#2,159 (1978)#3,074
1980s583#1,091 (1989)#2,158
1990s6,901#314 (1999)#402
2000s13,214#219 (2003)#251
2010s7,919#291 (2010)#426
2020s2,597#621 (2020)#674

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Macy in 1907

girls
#1,821
6 births · 1 in 53,094 girls
boys
#1,345
5 births · 1 in 29,365 boys

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #1,821Macy6

Top boys' names in 1907

  1. #1John8,983
  2. #2William6,904
  3. #3James6,707
  4. #4George4,445
  5. #5Robert4,020
  6. #6Charles3,884
  7. #7Joseph3,844
  8. #8Frank2,943
  9. #9Edward2,576
  10. #10Henry2,203
  11. #1,345Macy5
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 53,094 of them was named Macy, which outranked 24.1% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Macy
  1. #1,639Yvette7
  2. #1,639Zelia7
  3. #1,639Zillah7
  4. #1,821Macy6
  5. #1,821Adelaida6
  6. #1,821Adelyn6
  7. #1,821Ader6
  8. #2,061Abby5
  9. #2,061Adda5
  10. #2,061Adel5

Tied with 239 names at #1,821; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,028Lota#1,951 → #923
  2. ↑ 1,028Tula#1,951 → #923
  3. ↑ 961Cleda#1,951 → #990
  4. ↑ 961Ingrid#1,951 → #990
  5. ↑ 961Santa#1,951 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Macy#895 → #1,821
  2. ↓ 742Libbie#642 → #1,384
  3. ↓ 736Hertha#776 → #1,512
  4. ↓ 719Zadie#793 → #1,512
  5. ↓ 674Anabel#965 → #1,639

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 29,365 of them was named Macy, which outranked 13.2% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Macy
  1. #1,200Wille6
  2. #1,200Winford6
  3. #1,200Xavier6
  4. #1,345Macy5
  5. #1,345Adolf5
  6. #1,345Adron5
  7. #1,345Agustin5

Tied with 204 names at #1,345; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 518Leamon#1,253 → #735
  2. ↑ 518Price#1,253 → #735
  3. ↑ 495Quincy#1,111 → #616
  4. ↑ 477Irene#1,111 → #634
  5. ↑ 477Mitchel#1,111 → #634
Fallers
  1. ↓ 636Norval#709 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 593Harper#752 → #1,345
  3. ↓ 560Barton#640 → #1,200
  4. ↓ 547Hurley#798 → #1,345
  5. ↓ 547Lawton#798 → #1,345

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1907 →