# Mac (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mac/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /mæk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,455 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,397 / 58 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 530, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

See macc for details.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 5 | 5,285 |
| 1925 | 7 | 4,266 |
| 1945 | 7 | 3,875 |
| 1994 | 5 | 14,788 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,870 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,883 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,595 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,778 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,835 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,346 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 110 | 1,481 |
| 2012 | 147 | 1,213 |
| 2013 | 159 | 1,143 |
| 2014 | 163 | 1,161 |
| 2015 | 177 | 1,098 |
| 2016 | 174 | 1,123 |
| 2017 | 185 | 1,069 |
| 2018 | 206 | 1,007 |
| 2019 | 254 | 871 |
| 2020 | 237 | 934 |
| 2021 | 401 | 674 |
| 2022 | 465 | 605 |
| 2023 | 417 | 656 |
| 2024 | 389 | 697 |
| 2025 | 390 | 696 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,303 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,294 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,218 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 44 | 754 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,025 |
| 2025 | 42 | 782 |

## People named Mac

- Mac Wilkins, American athletics competitor
- Mac Davis, American songwriter, singer and actor (1942-2020)
- Mac Forehand, American freestyle skier
- Mac Thornberry, former U.S. Representative from Texas
- Mac Danzig, American martial artist
- Mac Jones, American football player (born 1998)
- Mac McDonald, American actor
- Mac Wiseman, American musician (1925–2019)
- Mac Collins, American politician (1944–2018)
- Taylor Mac, American performance artist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.