Mack

Last seen for girls in 1967 at #6,804 · #463 for boys in 2025, 668 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1900 · 250 births
Debut · boys
104 births
In top 100 · boys
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · boys
42,720
since 1880

Mack over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #96, 1900boys
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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#463668
2024#498614
2023#545540
2022#504597
2021#473632
2020#505579
2019#583477
2018#633419
2017#614430
2016#695355
2015#661389
2014#805286
2013#806271
2012#957211
2011#1,046181
2010#1,059181
2009#977204
2008#1,119163
2007#1,272138
2006#1,255133
2005#1,266123
2004#1,367106
2003#1,248116
2002#1,39594
2001#1,307100
2000#1,36193
1999#1,28395
1998#1,133110
1997#1,26391
1996#1,30384
1995#1,26885
1994#1,026117
1993#1,071108
1992#1,049109
1991#1,017112
1990#1,021108
1989#864135
1988#819133
1987#824128
1986#828120
1985#852112
1984#768127
1983#755131
1982#713149
1981#784123
1980#714148
1979#702148
1978#613184
1977#651168
1976#598184
1975#641161
1974#577193
1973#619163
1972#632156
1971#615185
1970#572199
1969#600171
1968#500229
1967#6,8045#487236
1966#492237
1965#470273
1964#441332
1963#6,5925#452305
1962#464296
1961#459310
1960#447326
1959#435338
1958#6,1035#410363
1957#383401
1956#373397
1955#5,2086#365397
1954#335456
1953#336434
1952#5,5635#328454
1951#316488
1950#310484
1949#301505
1948#291548
1947#304514
1946#3,4309#267565
1945#246541
1944#4,0546#222615
1943#3,04010#230626
1942#3,7387#190840
1941#275434
1940#3,2088#260458
1939#4,2505#267416
1938#3,8476#254458
1937#4,2555#246473
1936#3,7016#246454
1935#3,4317#256450
1934#247465
1933#3,4067#257419
1932#233514
1931#4,3315#239482
1930#4,5505#249505
1929#4,0536#240507
1928#4,1956#243518
1927#3,8757#239551
1926#3,8737#242535
1925#4,0287#230570
1924#246546
1923#4,9675#239550
1922#3,15210#212620
1921#5,0995#245529
1920#236533
1919#4,8145#214579
1918#223556
1917#227480
1916#4,4175#220485
1915#4,2745#229434
1914#220361
1913#218292
1912#195295
1911#167197
1910#150213
1909#161154
1908#136183
1907#158142
1906#152132
1905#141151
1904#134158
1903#143131
1902#132147
1901#143114
1900#96250
1899#110160
1898#121153
1897#108159
1896#119148
1895#119140
1894#136119
1893#130115
1892#127135
1891#112127
1890#127114
1889#129110
1888#15896
1887#122109
1886#13997
1885#130104
1884#122119
1883#12698
1882#101145
1881#15480
1880#123104
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mack was already there! It came in at #123, and was given to 104 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 110 boys a year got the name.

See more about Mack
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 35 spots since 2024 (#498#463)
  • 42 spots since 2020 (#505#463)
  • 198 spots since 2015 (#661#463)
  • Biggest jump: 151 spots in 2013 (#957#806)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1990 (#864#1,021)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1900 at #96 (250 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 1900
  • Top 1,000: 125 yrs · run 1880–1989
Share of babies · boys
1 in 602
  • Highest: 1 in 602 boys born in 1900 were named Mack (0.17%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,557 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 13.2% of all boys named Mack (5,646) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,062#101 (1882)#130
1890s1,370#108 (1897)#121
1900s1,562#96 (1900)#140
1910s3,892#150 (1910)#206
1920s5,459#212 (1922)#237
1930s4,636#233 (1932)#249
1940s5,646#190 (1942)#259
1950s4,212#310 (1950)#359
1960s2,715#441 (1964)#481
1970s1,741#572 (1970)#622
1980s1,306#713 (1982)#792
1990s1,019#1,017 (1991)#1,143
2000s1,270#977 (2009)#1,257
2010s3,200#583 (2019)#786
2020s3,630#463 (2025)#498

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.

Mack in 1926

girls
#3,873
7 births · 1 in 169,343 girls
boys
#242
535 births · 1 in 2,076 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #3,873Mack7

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #242Mack535
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 169,343 of them was named Mack, which outranked 31.1% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mack
  1. #3,564Wylodean8
  2. #3,564Zane8
  3. #3,564Zonia8
  4. #3,873Mack7
  5. #3,873Adalee7
  6. #3,873Adelita7
  7. #3,873Adrianne7
  8. #4,306Acie6
  9. #4,306Adamae6
  10. #4,306Ader6

Tied with 432 names at #3,873; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 2,076 of them was named Mack, which outranked 95.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mack
  1. #239Rex552
  2. #240Elwood542
  3. #241Emmett539
  4. #242Mack535
  5. #243Byron533
  6. #244Ross530
  7. #245Grover529
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926