first name
MACY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 29,509 people named Macy, 83.7% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as two or more races. 98.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Macy peaked in 2003, when 1,494 babies got the name.
At least 33,304 babies have been given the name since 1885. 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.
Macy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #502. The largest share of babies named Macy, 57.1%, 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 Macy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Macy has been most common in Nebraska (2.1×), Idaho (2.1×), and South Dakota (2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.15×).
29,950 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 Macy
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Macy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Macy ranks #6,605 of 156,621, with 4,924 people. See Macy as a last name
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