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Macon

#7,481 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Macon has been given to 2,314 babies in the U.S. since 1898. In 2025 it ranked #7,481 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 48 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% boys, 9% girls all-time.

Babies named Macon, 2025

1 in 301,000

Macon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Macon over time

In 2025, Macon went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18982025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Macon: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Macon means

Macon is a given name.

The naming story behind Macon

Wikidata records Macon as a given name. The entity identifier is Q111072860, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,105 boys were recorded with the name Macon between 1898 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 48 in 2015; its best national rank was #1,029 in 1904.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,908 in 2020 to #7,481 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,587 in 2015 to #7,481 in 2025.

In the United States, 209 girls were recorded with the name Macon between 1911 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1997; its best national rank was #2,705 in 1911.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Macon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 155,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,481
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Macon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Macon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Macons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Macon was born before 1977 — so the typical Macon is around 48 today.

Median birth year
1977
About 48 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
17.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
35.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,333
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 17.3% of all recorded uses (365).

Is Macon 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
−2,837
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,573
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,894
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.23×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
22.9%
Peak was 2015 (48)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,029
1904

Spellings of Macon

Macon is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 27.1% against Macon's 0.05%.

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 Macon is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Macon was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 69,250 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in 20,000
  2. 2Alabama1 in 50,000
  3. 3Tennessee1 in 100,000
  4. 4Virginia1 in 100,000
  5. 5Florida1 in —
  6. 6Georgia1 in —
  7. 7South Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Macon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Macon is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Macon was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 931,388 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in —

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. Macon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Notable people named Macon

People whose public names include Macon, 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.

Macon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,481
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,573
Best rank ever
#1,029
1904
Peak year
2015
48 that year
First recorded
1898
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,105
Count in 2025
11

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,705
1911
Peak year
1997
9 that year
First recorded
1911
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
209
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Macon

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

MaceoMacenMaceMacoyMackieMacklinMacarioMachiMackeyMacsenMaclinMachaiMacariMaciahMaclainMaclanMacMacraeMacyMacaiFalconMacksonMacarthurDeacon

Names with a curve like Macon

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

BerkleyLawtonLarkinThompsonHadleyBaxterConleyCollinsFerrisCliveDixonPascal

Sibling names for Macon

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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