first name
MAC
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 7,431 people named Mac, 72.8% reported their origin as White, 11.8% as Black and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 95.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mac peaked in 2022, when 470 babies got the name.
At least 11,455 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Mac by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,068. The largest share of babies named Mac, 31.8%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Mac is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mac has been most common in Utah (4×), Alabama (2.6×), and Mississippi (2.6×), and least common in New Jersey (0.27×).
6,138 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Mac
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mac, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mac ranks #9,797 of 156,621, with 3,156 people. See Mac as a last name
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