Maciel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-see-EL
- Origin
- Portuguese
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Maciel is a boys' name of Portuguese origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Maciel come from?
Portuguese: Portuguese and Galician surname, also used as a first name
Is Maciel a girl's or a boy's name?
Maciel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maciel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Maciel, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 8 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Maciel in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maciel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Maciel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Moses, Alonzo, Samuel, Aziel, Santiel, Oscar, Julius, Augustus, Henry, Major, Azriel, Solomon
Names related to Maciel
More Portuguese names
Zaire, Lua, Vasco, Romario, Sereia, Luar, Diogo, Evora, Brazil, Aires, Mariaalice, Marques, Tavares, Anajulia, Tavaris, Joia
Sources
Figures from 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, “Maciel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maciel, updated 20 October 2026.