NameTides

Macy

Macy was the #718 girls' name in the US in 2025 (390 babies), and #1,639 in England & Wales and #767 in Canada.

Macy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Macy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Macy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#718 (390)#1,639 (18)#301 (11)—#608 (5)#767 (38)
2024#663 (441)#1,302 (25)#333 (10)—#898 (3)#694 (42)
2023#691 (419)#1,056 (32)#304 (12)——#622 (46)
2022#718 (408)#1,023 (33)#324 (10)——#679 (41)
2021#632 (468)#709 (53)#286 (13)—#661 (5)#616 (48)
2020#621 (471)#624 (61)#209 (18)——#576 (50)
2019#596 (510)#778 (48)#224 (18)#298 (5)#871 (3)#458 (71)
2018#561 (554)#513 (83)#213 (20)#273 (6)#896 (3)#458 (71)
2017#543 (570)#514 (83)#165 (29)#239 (7)#471 (8)#535 (59)
2016#494 (632)#427 (104)#223 (19)#353 (4)#585 (6)#501 (65)
2015#414 (773)#444 (98)#177 (25)#312 (5)#462 (9)#359 (94)
2014#364 (892)#448 (97)#166 (29)#314 (5)#536 (7)#376 (89)
2013#361 (875)#280 (168)#112 (42)#234 (8)#491 (8)#375 (87)
2012#335 (934)#255 (192)#121 (38)#203 (9)#612 (6)#390 (82)
2011#297 (1,064)#210 (239)#120 (39)#246 (7)#937 (3)#343 (95)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2003 at #219.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1885.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Macy is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 4,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Macy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #420WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #390WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #320ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #577INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #452PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,085CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #428CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #489NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,006TXFlorida: #825FL
Macy (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Macy (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MacyCanadaGirls#76738
MacyEngland & WalesGirls#1,63918
MacyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MacyIrelandGirls#6085
MacyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MacyScotlandGirls#30111
MacyUSGirls#718390
MacyUSBoys—too few