first name
MACEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 10,192 people named Macey, 86% reported their origin as White, 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% as two or more races. 98.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Macey peaked in 2001, when 561 babies got the name.
At least 11,587 babies have been given the name since 1900. 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.
Macey by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,112. The largest share of babies named Macey, 61.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Macey is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Macey has been most common in Idaho (2.6×), Utah (2.5×), and Tennessee (2.1×), and least common in New York (0.22×).
9,436 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 Macey
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Macey, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Macey ranks #12,379 of 156,621, with 2,396 people. See Macey as a last name
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