Mac
A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning son of; a patronymic prefix.
Babies a year
42
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#696
unchanged on last year
UK popularity
#782
42 babies
How Mac has moved
View as table
| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2019 | #869 |
| 2020 | #933 |
| 2021 | #674 |
| 2022 | #605 |
| 2023 | #651 |
| 2024 | #696 |
| 2025 | #696 |
In 2025, 42 babies in England and Wales were named Mac. In the US, 184 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 397 in 1942.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Mac was most common in 1945, when it went to 0.01% of American babies of that sex. Squarely vintage-revival territory.
Names about as common as Mac
Nobody has voted on Mac yet
Mac needs five head-to-heads before it appears in the rankings.
Start with names like this one