How popular is the name Macy?

Macy ranks 591st among girls' names in US records, with 44,367 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,904.

Is Macy a unisex name?

No. Macy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2003, when 1,978 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Macey. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#591 of girl names

Pronounced M EY1 S IY0 (ARPABET)

Macy is a girls' name, and first appears in 1885. It has been given to 44,367 children — the 591st most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 54% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2003, when 1,978 children were given it.

Macey is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2003Girls: 1,978Boys: 11

These spellings sound identical to Macy and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Macy?: Macy ranks 591st among girls' names in US records, with 44,367 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,904.
Is Macy a unisex name?: No. Macy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Macy most popular?: 2003, when 1,978 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Macy spelled?: Macey. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.