Mac
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Mac
In Ireland and Scotland, Mac and Mc mean "son of"; here, Mac is a generic fella, or a short form cooler than either Matt or Max. Mac can be a nickname of any longer Mac or Mc starting name such as McCoy or Macalister. If you want to make it feel more complete, you can always spell it Mack.
Mac is also given to girls, where it ranks #16346 in the US.
Pronounced MAC.
As of October 2026, Mac ranked #696 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #308 in 1942, Nameberry popularity #705.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,161 | 163 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,098 | 177 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,123 | 174 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,069 | 185 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,007 | 206 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #871 | 254 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #934 | 237 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #674 | 400 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #605 | 465 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #656 | 417 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #696 | 387 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #696 | 390 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Mac on lists
Famous Macs
- MacBoy
stage name of McKinley Phipps, American rapper
- MacBoy
English musician of hip hop group So Solid Crew
- Mac DreBoy
stage name of Andre Louis Hicks, American rapper
- Mac KingBoy
American comedy magician
- Mac MallBoy
stage name of Jamal Rocker, American rapper
- Mac MillerBoy
stage name of Malcolm James McCormick, American rapper
- Makoto "Mac" SuzukiBoy
Japanese baseball pitcher
- Mac BrandtBoy
American actor
- Derek "Uncle Mac" McCullochBoy
British radio broadcaster
- Maclin "Mac" CodyBoy
American NFL player
- McBriare Samuel Lanyon "Mac" DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV)Boy
Canadian singer,songwriter
- Bernie MacBoy
stage name of Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, American actor/comedian
- Mason Mac Taylor Dawson (b. 2013)Boy
son of actor Ashley Taylor Dawson
- Johnathan Mackensey "Mac" WilliamsonBoy
San Francisco Giants outfielder
Mac in pop culture
- Ronald "Mac" McDonaldBoy
character in TV's "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
- Macintosh "MacBoy
" computer brand from Apple, Inc.
- Mac BradfordBoy
character from the movie "Point Blank"
- Captain MacBoy
a character in video game Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
- MacBoy
a character in animated TV show "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"
- MacBoy
a character from Apple's "Get A Mac" ad campaign, representing a Macintosh computer
- MacBoy
Goofy Gopher in Looney Tunes cartoons
- MacBoy
a character from British sitcom "Green Wing"
- MacBoy
the alien in movie "Mac and Me"
- Little MacBoy
a character in the "Punch,Out!!" video game series
- Mac GarganBoy
villain in Spider,Man comics
- Mac TaylorBoy
character from TV's "CSI: NY"
- Cindy "Mac" MackenzieBoy
a character from TV's "Veronica Mars"
- Randle "Mac" McMurphyBoy
character in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
- Angus "Mac" MacGyverBoy
main character on TV's "MacGyver"
- MacBoy
a character from the "Clifford the Big Red Dog" series
- MacBoy
short for macaroni, as in "mac 'n' cheese"
- MACBoy
cosmetic brand
- Fleetwood MacBoy
British,American rock band
- McClane "Mac" PeraltaBoy
son of Jake Peralta and Amy Santiago from TV's Brooklyn Nine,Nine (Named after John McClane in Die Hard)