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Macey

#1,619 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Macy

Macey has been given to 11,587 babies in the U.S. since 1900. In 2025 it ranked #1,619 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 561 recorded.

Babies named Macey, 2025

1 in 25,700

Macey over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Macey: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Macy

surname transfer

What Macey means

Macey is a variant of Macy.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* As an English surname, variant of Massey. * As a Slavic surname, Americanized from Slovak Macej, Carpathian Rusyn [script needed] (Mačej), Polish Maciej, all variants of Matthew.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Macey (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Macey is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Macey comes through Slovak Macej and Polish Maciej.

Macey is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Macy and Massey.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11,536 girls were recorded with the name Macey between 1900 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 561 in 2001; its best national rank was #494 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,406 in 2020 to #1,619 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,066 in 2015 to #1,619 in 2025.

In the United States, 51 boys were recorded with the name Macey between 1914 and 2000. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1915; its best national rank was #3,122 in 1914.

How common is Macey?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 25,700
129 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 12,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,619
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
17,814 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Macey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 17,814 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Macey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maceys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Macey was born before 2005 — so the typical Macey is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
41.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
67.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
11,462
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Choose a decade

2000s — 41.8% of all recorded uses (4,820).

Is Macey rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−202
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−213
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−553
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.52×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
23.0%
Peak was 2001 (561)
Years since peak
24
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#494
2001

Spellings of Macey

Macey is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 76.7% against Macey's 0.21%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Macey is used

Across 2016–2025, Macey was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 4,762 girls, against 1 in 12,115 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 50,000).

221 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 4,762
  2. 2Idaho1 in 5,263
  3. 3Kentucky1 in 5,556
  4. 4Ohio1 in 6,667
  5. 5Minnesota1 in 7,143
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in 7,143
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 7,143
  8. 8Indiana1 in 7,692

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Macey around the world

Where Macey ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,271
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2005–2025
    #474
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2007–2018
    #434
    in 2018
  • Ireland
    2009–2023
    #727
    in 2023
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #1,151
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1991–2013
    #205
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Macey

People whose public names include Macey, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Macey by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,619
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 213
Best rank ever
#494
2001
Peak year
2001
561 that year
First recorded
1900
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11,536
Count in 2025
129

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,122
1914
Peak year
1915
7 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2000
All-time count
51
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Macey

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

MacieKaceyMaciJaceyMacyMaceeMacynLaceyMackennaGraceyMackieDarceyMacelMackenziTraceyMacaylaMackaylaStaceyMachellePaceyMacariaKelceyMacklynMacon

Names with a curve like Macey

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Macey, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KaileeJazmynHaileeShayleeKayleyAbbigailCarleeKaylahYazminKarlieIsisLesly

Sibling names for Macey

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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