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How popular is Mac?
#695 boy name in 2025
390 baby boys were named Mac in the US in 2025, making it the 695th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
Mac popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #695 for boys |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 390 boys, 5 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+120% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,096 in 2015, #934 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (465 boys) |
| Highest rank | #308 in 1942 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mac counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mack family of names ranked #314 for boys in 2025 (#328 the year before), with 1,077 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mack | 668 | 62% |
| Mac | 390 | 36% |
| Mak | 12 | 1% |
| Maik | 7 | 1% |
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 Mac is most popular
Babies named Mac per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.7 per 1,000 (90 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.6 per 1,000 (89 boys)
- Utah: 0.6 per 1,000 (61 boys)
- Iowa: 0.6 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Nebraska: 0.6 per 1,000 (25 boys)
Mac by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | #609 |
| 1890s | 53 | #641 |
| 1900s | 128 | #472 |
| 1910s | 499 | #667 |
| 1920s | 679 | #750 |
| 1930s | 750 | #621 |
| 1940s | 1,627 | #308 |
| 1950s | 929 | #622 |
| 1960s | 541 | #866 |
| 1970s | 647 | #811 |
| 1980s | 383 | #1,238 |
| 1990s | 421 | #1,697 |
| 2000s | 705 | #1,603 |
| 2010s | 1,691 | #868 |
| 2020s | 2,299 | #605 |
Boy names about as popular as Mac
Questions
- Is Mac a boy or girl name?
- Mac is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Mac were boys.
- How popular is the name Mac?
- 390 baby boys were named Mac in the US in 2025, making it the 695th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
- When was Mac most popular?
- Mac peaked in 2022, when 465 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #308 in 1942.
- How many people are named Mac?
- 11,455 babies have been named Mac in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,024 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Mac most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mac was most common in Minnesota, at 0.7 of every 1,000 boys 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.