Girls' name · peaked in 2011
Macie name popularity since 1925
21,943 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Macie. Half of them were born in 2010 or earlier, so the typical Macie is about 16 years old in 2026. Macie peaked in 2011 as the #357 name for girls, and it ranked #438 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 21,943
- Named Macie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #438
- for girls in 2025 (703 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 21,928 girls · 15 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.30× its national share
Peak year is the year Macie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Macie births per year, 1925–2025
2011 was the biggest year for Macie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1990 and 1995, Macie became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 16,800 baby girls to 1 in 6,610.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Macie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Macie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Macie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 293 | 5 | – |
| 1930s | 386 | 5 | #1,112 |
| 1940s | 222 | 5 | #1,726 |
| 1950s | 137 | 0 | #3,699 |
| 1960s | 104 | 0 | #3,659 |
| 1970s | 159 | 0 | #3,465 |
| 1980s | 268 | 0 | #4,078 |
| 1990s | 2,457 | 0 | #763 |
| 2000s | 6,578 | 0 | #458 |
| 2010s | 7,575 | 0 | #417 |
| 2020–25 | 3,749 | 0 | #438 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.7% of babies named Macie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Macie is most popular
The index compares Macie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Macie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.30× | 558 |
| Louisiana | 1.84× | 657 |
| North Carolina | 1.80× | 1,015 |
| Tennessee | 1.68× | 703 |
| Oklahoma | 1.65× | 427 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Macie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Macie (this page) | 21,928 | 2011 |
| Macy | 32,158 | 2003 |
| Maci | 21,342 | 2011 |
| Macey | 11,484 | 2001 |
| Macee | 1,875 | 2012 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Macie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Macie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Macie (2011).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data