Girls' name · peaked in 2003
Macy name popularity since 1925
32,599 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Macy (98.6% girls, 1.4% boys). Half of them were born in 2005 or earlier, so the typical Macy is about 21 years old in 2026. Macy peaked in 2003 as the #219 name for girls, and it ranked #720 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 32,599
- Named Macy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #720
- for girls in 2025 (390 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.6% girls
- 32,158 girls · 441 boys
- Most popular in
- Nebraska
- 2.24× its national share
Peak year is the year Macy 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.
Macy births per year, 1925–2025
2003 was the biggest year for Macy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1989 and 1994, Macy became 4.5× more common, from 1 in 12,000 baby girls to 1 in 2,680.
- Steepest fall: Between 2011 and 2016, its share of baby girls fell by 41%, from 1 in 1,650 to 1 in 2,800.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Macy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Macy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Macy 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 | 124 | 25 | – |
| 1930s | 177 | 41 | #2,168 |
| 1940s | 123 | 48 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 130 | 43 | #3,700 |
| 1960s | 130 | 40 | #4,099 |
| 1970s | 260 | 55 | #4,056 |
| 1980s | 583 | 76 | #2,734 |
| 1990s | 6,901 | 65 | #343 |
| 2000s | 13,214 | 48 | #243 |
| 2010s | 7,919 | 0 | #414 |
| 2020–25 | 2,597 | 0 | #720 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
58.4% of babies named Macy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Macy is most popular
The index compares Macy'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 Macy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 2.24× | 474 |
| Oklahoma | 2.10× | 825 |
| Tennessee | 2.05× | 1,305 |
| Iowa | 2.04× | 783 |
| Kansas | 1.96× | 603 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Macy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Macy (this page) | 32,158 | 2003 |
| Macie | 21,928 | 2011 |
| 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 Macy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Macy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Macy (2003).
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