Macy Girl
How popular is Macy?
#718 girl name in 2025
390 baby girls were named Macy in the US in 2025, making it the 718th most popular girl name.
Macy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #718 for girls (▼ 55 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 390 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #414 in 2015, #621 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (1,483 girls) |
| Highest rank | #219 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1885 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Macy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maci family of names ranked #199 for girls in 2025 (#196 the year before), with 1,730 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maci | 352 | 20% |
| Macie | 703 | 41% |
| Macy | 390 | 23% |
| Macey | 129 | 7% |
| Maycee | 48 | 3% |
| Maycie | 42 | 2% |
| Macee | 12 | 1% |
| Mayci | 54 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Macy is most popular
Babies named Macy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 1.2 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Iowa: 1.0 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.8 per 1,000 (87 girls)
- Nebraska: 0.7 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.7 per 1,000 (72 girls)
Macy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | #842 |
| 1890s | 88 | #794 |
| 1900s | 126 | #895 |
| 1910s | 215 | #1,007 |
| 1920s | 265 | #1,341 |
| 1930s | 177 | #1,556 |
| 1940s | 123 | #1,993 |
| 1950s | 130 | #2,591 |
| 1960s | 130 | #2,350 |
| 1970s | 260 | #2,159 |
| 1980s | 583 | #1,088 |
| 1990s | 6,901 | #314 |
| 2000s | 13,214 | #219 |
| 2010s | 7,919 | #291 |
| 2020s | 2,597 | #621 |
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Questions
- Is Macy a boy or girl name?
- Macy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Macy were girls.
- How popular is the name Macy?
- 390 baby girls were named Macy in the US in 2025, making it the 718th most popular girl name.
- When was Macy most popular?
- Macy peaked in 2003, when 1,483 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #219 in 2003.
- How many people are named Macy?
- 33,304 babies have been named Macy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 31,837 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Macy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Macy was most common in North Dakota, at 1.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.