first name
MACK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,474 people named Mack, 60.1% reported their origin as White, 30.3% as Black and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mack peaked in 1942, when 847 babies got the name.
At least 42,900 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.
Mack by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #306. The largest share of babies named Mack, 22.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Mack is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mack has been most common in Mississippi (5.4×), South Carolina (4.2×), and Alabama (4×), and least common in Connecticut (0.09×).
34,198 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 Mack
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mack, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mack ranks #468 of 156,621, with 69,776 people. See Mack as a last name
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