Mac

What Mac means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Mac yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,096 in 2015 to #695 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Mac?

US: Rising: up from #1096 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1786 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1942, when 398 boys got the name (#308 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,380 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,475 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,034 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (0.71 per 1,000 boys), IA (0.65 per 1,000 boys), MA (0.63 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Mac is #695 in the US and #782 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.7% of US babies named Mac were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mack668 US · 30 E&W
• Mick22 US
• Mak12 US
• Mkai12 US
• Maik7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Mac

Boys

• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*
• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*
• Thiago#50Portuguese, meaning “natal, relating to birth”^*

For a sister

• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Millie#73Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #469 in 2015, #73 in 2025
• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
• Sutton#181“south + town”^*
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Mabel#201“lovable”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mac’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.