Mack

A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning son of; a form of Mackenzie or similar patronymic.

Babies a year
430
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#463
up from #498
UK popularity
#1007
30 babies

How Mack has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#405#580#754201520202025#463

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#663
2016#696
2017#613
2018#633
2019#583
2020#502
2021#471
2022#505
2023#545
2024#498
2025#463

Mack by the numbers

In 2025, 30 babies in England and Wales were named Mack. In the US, 430 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 839 babies in 1942, making it a 1940s name.

At its height, in 1900, about 1 in 650 American boys born that year was called Mack.

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Mack as a share of American boys born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Other names that come from Mackenzie

Like Mack, each of these traces back to Mackenzie: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
  • Mckenzieson of Kenneth; a form of Mackenzie1,665 in the US (2017)
  • Makenzieson of the wise leader; a form of Mackenzie1,096 in the US (2017)
  • Kenziefair one; a form of Mackenzie840 in the US (2017)
  • Kenzifair one; a form of Mackenzie137 in the US (2017)
  • Makenzifair one; a form of Mackenzie65 in the US (2017)
  • Kensiefair one; a form of Mackenzie49 in the US (2017)
  • Mckynleeson of Kenneth; a modern respelling of Mackenzie43 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mack. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Markdedicated to mars or warlike1,936 in the US (2017)
  • Macson of; a patronymic prefix42 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maceclub-shaped weapon; from a spice plant9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mickwho is like God; a form of Michael27 in the US (2017)
  • Marckof mars; warlike; a form of Mark7 in the US (2017)
  • Maikvariant spelling of michael; who is like god5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Mack

Names that are said the same way as Mack, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Mak10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Mack

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