# Mack (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mack/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /mæk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 42,900 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 42,720 / 180 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 462, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

(In sense one) From either the male name Mack or mack, itself from mackerel, which comes from Old French maquerel, from Dutch makelaar. Compare French mec.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 7 | 3,623 |
| 1936 | 6 | 3,975 |
| 1937 | 5 | 4,659 |
| 1938 | 6 | 4,141 |
| 1939 | 5 | 4,660 |
| 1940 | 8 | 3,395 |
| 1942 | 7 | 3,969 |
| 1943 | 10 | 3,176 |
| 1944 | 6 | 4,344 |
| 1946 | 9 | 3,557 |
| 1952 | 5 | 6,074 |
| 1955 | 6 | 5,586 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6,647 |
| 1963 | 5 | 7,218 |
| 1967 | 5 | 7,416 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 181 | 1,048 |
| 2012 | 211 | 959 |
| 2013 | 271 | 810 |
| 2014 | 286 | 805 |
| 2015 | 389 | 662 |
| 2016 | 355 | 697 |
| 2017 | 430 | 614 |
| 2018 | 419 | 633 |
| 2019 | 477 | 583 |
| 2020 | 579 | 505 |
| 2021 | 632 | 474 |
| 2022 | 597 | 504 |
| 2023 | 540 | 545 |
| 2024 | 614 | 499 |
| 2025 | 668 | 463 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,303 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,511 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 30 | 993 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 31 | 981 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,007 |

## People named Mack

- Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, producer and director (1880–1960)
- Mack Horton, Australian freestyle swimmer
- Mack Swain, American actor, vaudevillian (1876–1935)
- Mack Mattingly, American politician
- Mack Reynolds, American science fiction writer (1917–1983)
- Mack David, American lyricist and songwriter (1912-1993)
- Mack Calvin, American basketball player and coach
- Mack McLarty, American politician
- Mack V. Wright, American actor and director (1894–1965)
- Mack Harrell, American opera singer (1909-1960)
- Mack Ray Edwards, American serial killer (1918-1971)
- Mack Hansen, Australian born Irish rugby player (1998-)

## 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.