Macey

Where Macey comes from

* As an English surname, variant of Massey. * As a Slavic surname, Americanized from Slovak Macej, Carpathian Rusyn [script needed] (Mačej), Polish Maciej, all variants of Matthew.
— Wiktionary's entry for Macey
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,932 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1930
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1990
    Macey Estrella-Kadlec born
    American professional wrestler
  4. 1992
    Macey Cruthird born
    American actress
  5. 2001
    Peak, #494
    561 babies named Macey — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #918.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Macey Estrella-Kadlec · American professional wrestler, born 1990
  • Macey Cruthird · American actress, born 1992
  • Macey Stewart · cyclist, born 1996
  • Macey Kilty · American freestyle wrestler, born 2001
  • Macey Fraser · New Zealand association football player, born 2002

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.