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Mac Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Mac?

In 2018 the uncommon name Mac, ranked the 1,009th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Mac is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #308 in 1942 with 397 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Mac was less than 5, most recently in 1899.

Approximately during the years 1908-1915, 1971-1975, 1995-1999, and 2004-2013, the name Mac took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1942-1948, 1950-1954, 1961-1964, 1965-1968, and 1979-1983 were years of successive downward movement.

Mac's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Mac lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Mac?

Currently, the name is at a mid point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Mac is used by only a select few but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Mac (Girl)Mac (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 204 1,009
2017 < 5 -- 185 1,068
2016 < 5 -- 174 1,120
2015 < 5 -- 177 1,097
2014 < 5 -- 163 1,158
2013 < 5 -- 158 1,146
2012 < 5 -- 147 1,212
2011 < 5 -- 110 1,479
2010 < 5 -- 116 1,434
2009 < 5 -- 99 1,610
2008 < 5 -- 85 1,770
2007 < 5 -- 86 1,736
2006 < 5 -- 77 1,800
2005 < 5 -- 54 2,222
2004 < 5 -- 54 2,179
2003 < 5 -- 67 1,796
2002 < 5 -- 67 1,733
2001 5 16,879 57 1,926
2000 < 5 -- 58 1,840
1999 < 5 -- 58 1,760
1998 < 5 -- 40 2,258
1997 < 5 -- 38 2,247
1996 5 14,868 43 2,039
1995 < 5 -- 37 2,198
1994 5 14,786 38 2,155
1993 < 5 -- 36 2,189
1992 < 5 -- 41 1,968
1991 < 5 -- 43 1,853
1990 < 5 -- 47 1,717
1989 < 5 -- 37 1,980
1988 < 5 -- 42 1,691
1987 < 5 -- 36 1,819
1986 < 5 -- 27 2,136
1985 < 5 -- 38 1,660
1984 < 5 -- 40 1,545
1983 < 5 -- 27 1,992
1982 < 5 -- 32 1,799
1981 < 5 -- 50 1,320
1980 < 5 -- 55 1,253
1979 < 5 -- 67 1,095
1978 < 5 -- 60 1,143
1977 < 5 -- 67 1,058
1976 < 5 -- 90 882
1975 < 5 -- 105 812
1974 < 5 -- 70 983
1973 < 5 -- 56 1,088
1972 < 5 -- 43 1,275
1971 < 5 -- 32 1,546
1970 < 5 -- 57 1,086
1969 < 5 -- 33 1,408
1968 < 5 -- 36 1,270
1967 < 5 -- 47 1,078
1966 < 5 -- 51 1,021
1965 < 5 -- 73 866
1964 < 5 -- 45 1,156
1963 < 5 -- 58 996
1962 < 5 -- 68 923
1961 < 5 -- 63 973
1960 < 5 -- 68 920
1959 < 5 -- 69 925
1958 < 5 -- 85 816
1957 < 5 -- 77 858
1956 < 5 -- 70 897
1955 < 5 -- 91 766
1954 < 5 -- 84 782
1953 < 5 -- 88 759
1952 < 5 -- 115 647
1951 < 5 -- 127 626
1950 < 5 -- 122 623
1949 < 5 -- 106 670
1948 < 5 -- 105 663
1947 < 5 -- 138 577
1946 < 5 -- 149 524
1945 7 3,875 143 500
1944 < 5 -- 197 434
1943 < 5 -- 239 397
1942 < 5 -- 397 308
1941 < 5 -- 80 687
1940 < 5 -- 73 713
1939 < 5 -- 88 626
1938 < 5 -- 77 692
1937 < 5 -- 70 728
1936 < 5 -- 76 682
1935 < 5 -- 68 746
1934 < 5 -- 86 654
1933 < 5 -- 75 689
1932 < 5 -- 70 753
1931 < 5 -- 73 714
1930 < 5 -- 67 790
1929 < 5 -- 66 799
1928 < 5 -- 54 920
1927 < 5 -- 72 777
1926 < 5 -- 61 850
1925 7 4,265 76 756
1924 < 5 -- 68 821
1923 < 5 -- 76 754
1922 < 5 -- 61 888
1921 < 5 -- 71 810
1920 < 5 -- 74 772
1919 < 5 -- 77 727
1918 5 5,285 75 746
1917 < 5 -- 76 696
1916 < 5 -- 55 851
1915 < 5 -- 65 746
1914 < 5 -- 43 810
1913 < 5 -- 34 826
1912 < 5 -- 36 721
1911 < 5 -- 22 680
1910 < 5 -- 16 772
1909 < 5 -- 16 699
1908 < 5 -- 12 809
1907 < 5 -- 21 527
1906 < 5 -- 22 484
1905 < 5 -- 7 1,049
1904 < 5 -- 16 581
1903 < 5 -- 5 1,232
1902 < 5 -- 8 898
1901 < 5 -- 9 757
1900 < 5 -- 12 763
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- 6 1,079
1897 < 5 -- 7 902
1896 < 5 -- 12 660
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- 6 1,034
1893 < 5 -- 5 1,134
1892 < 5 -- 6 1,032
1891 < 5 -- 5 1,063
1890 < 5 -- 6 955
1889 < 5 -- 5 1,055
1888 < 5 -- 11 629
1887 < 5 -- 5 1,007
1886 < 5 -- 5 1,053
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- 5 990
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- 7 753
1880 < 5 -- 7 784

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.