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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #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.

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 1885

girls
#842
7 births · 1 in 19,008 girls

Top girls' names in 1885

  1. #1Mary9,128
  2. #2Anna3,994
  3. #3Emma2,728
  4. #4Elizabeth2,582
  5. #5Margaret2,204
  6. #6Minnie2,178
  7. #7Clara1,910
  8. #8Bertha1,860
  9. #9Ida1,854
  10. #10Annie1,703
  11. #842Macy7
More about 1885

girls

133,055 girls got a published name in 1885; 1 in 19,008 of them was named Macy, which outranked 29.7% of the 1,197 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Macy
  1. #793Wilhelmine8
  2. #793Zaida8
  3. #793Zilpha8
  4. #842Macy7
  5. #842Adelina7
  6. #842Albertina7
  7. #842Almedia7
  8. #921Agness6
  9. #921Albert6
  10. #921Alvira6

Tied with 78 names at #842; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 467Lonnie#1,024#557
  2. 430Theodora#930#500
  3. 395Malissie#1,024#629
  4. 366Arabella#1,024#658
  5. 366Bina#1,024#658
Fallers
  1. 458Sina#463#921
  2. 433Carlotta#614#1,047
  3. 433Felicia#614#1,047
  4. 433Fronie#614#1,047
  5. 433Paulina#614#1,047

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

See the top 100 for 1885