Macey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-see
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,135 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,611 for girls
Macey is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,135th for girls in the UK (31 babies) and 1,611th for girls in the US (129 babies).
What does Macey mean?
English: surname from a Norman French place name
Variant of Macy, from an English surname of Norman French origin.
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Is Macey a girl's or a boy's name?
Macey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the UK and 129 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Macey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,135among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were named Macey, making it the 1,135th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 606th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 391 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Macey than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Macey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 145 girls in the UK were given Macey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #345, up from #1,135 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,271st in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Macey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,135 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 48 | #813 |
| 2022 | 48 | #806 |
| 2021 | 65 | #644 |
| 2020 | 69 | #606 |
| 2019 | 60 | #703 |
| 2018 | 119 | #413 |
| 2017 | 120 | #407 |
| 2016 | 111 | #443 |
| 2015 | 169 | #306 |
| 2014 | 225 | #246 |
| 2013 | 237 | #235 |
| 2012 | 294 | #192 |
| 2011 | 351 | #169 |
| 2010 | 391 | #156 |
| 2009 | 388 | #158 |
| 2008 | 330 | #180 |
| 2007 | 345 | #177 |
| 2006 | 293 | #199 |
| 2005 | 231 | #228 |
| 2004 | 192 | #259 |
| 2003 | 155 | #292 |
| 2002 | 140 | #301 |
| 2001 | 104 | #356 |
| 2000 | 126 | #314 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Macey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,611among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 129about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 129 girls in the US were named Macey, making it the 1,611th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,398th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 561 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the girls named Macey in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,730 girls in the US were given Macey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #208, up from #1,611 for this spelling alone.
Macey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | #1,611 |
| 2024 | 158 | #1,414 |
| 2023 | 126 | #1,645 |
| 2022 | 123 | #1,692 |
| 2021 | 110 | #1,830 |
| 2020 | 156 | #1,398 |
| 2019 | 161 | #1,392 |
| 2018 | 168 | #1,338 |
| 2017 | 201 | #1,204 |
| 2016 | 212 | #1,179 |
| 2015 | 248 | #1,065 |
| 2014 | 291 | #923 |
| 2013 | 277 | #918 |
| 2012 | 322 | #833 |
| 2011 | 374 | #738 |
| 2010 | 403 | #709 |
| 2009 | 413 | #703 |
| 2008 | 478 | #646 |
| 2007 | 453 | #654 |
| 2006 | 453 | #636 |
| 2005 | 536 | #540 |
| 2004 | 458 | #605 |
| 2003 | 495 | #558 |
| 2002 | 455 | #573 |
| 2001 | 561 | #494 |
| 2000 | 518 | #514 |
| 1999 | 474 | #533 |
| 1998 | 395 | #608 |
| 1997 | 310 | #693 |
| 1996 | 284 | #743 |
| 1995 | 279 | #733 |
| 1994 | 251 | #804 |
| 1993 | 246 | #811 |
| 1992 | 236 | #840 |
| 1991 | 181 | #1,013 |
| 1990 | 165 | #1,070 |
| 1989 | 65 | #1,960 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
Names like Macey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Riley Lily Marley Sydney Mia Eden Honey Miley Bailey Hailey Lainey Maddison
Other spellings of Macey
Names related to Macey
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Macey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/macey, updated 20 October 2026.