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Mack

Gender
Boy
Say it
MAK
Origin
Scottish
UK rank, 2025
#709 for boys
US rank, 2025
#463 for boys

Big in Scotland

Mack is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son”. In 2025 it ranked 709th for boys in the UK (55 babies) and 463rd for boys in the US (668 babies).

What does Mack mean?

Scottish: short for Mac- surnames, from Gaelic mac

“son”

From Gaelic mac, son, the start of many Scottish and Irish surnames; also a short form of Mackenzie.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Mack a girl's or a boy's name?

Mack is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 55 boys in the UK and 668 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mack in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#709among boys
Babies in 2025
55about 1 in 5,500 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 74% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 55 boys in the UK were named Mack, making it the 709th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th.

2025 had the most boys named Mack of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Mack in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 119 boys in the UK were given Mack or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #393, up from #709 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,007th in England and Wales and 170th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 55 in 20252025
Mack in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202555#709
202447#790
202334#986
202238#904
202136#931
202022#1,275
201924#1,193
201832#1,002
201731#1,045
201622#1,309
201525#1,167
201426#1,136
201317#1,493
201222#1,278
201126#1,095
201018#1,452
200920#1,290
200825#1,102
200713#1,667
200615#1,423
200517#1,267
200413#1,417
200317#1,124
200212#1,312
200113#1,209
20008#1,637
19996#1,941
19980–
19978#1,532
19963#2,949

How popular is Mack in the US?

Rank in 2025
#463among boys
Babies in 2025
668about 1 in 2,600 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 668 boys in the US were named Mack, making it the 463rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 505th. Its busiest year was 1942, with 840 boys.

2025 had more boys named Mack than any year since 1942.

Half of all the boys named Mack in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,070 boys in the US were given Mack or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #328, up from #463 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 840 in 19422025
Mack in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025668#463
2024614#498
2023540#545
2022597#504
2021632#473
2020579#505
2019477#583
2018419#633
2017430#614
2016355#695
2015389#661
2014286#805
2013271#806
2012211#957
2011181#1,046
2010181#1,059
2009204#977
2008163#1,119
2007138#1,272
2006133#1,255
2005123#1,265
2004106#1,365
2003116#1,247
200294#1,392
2001100#1,303
200093#1,358
199995#1,280
1998110#1,130
199791#1,260
199684#1,301
199585#1,263
1994117#1,022
1993108#1,067
1992109#1,046
1991112#1,011
1990108#1,017
1989135#861
1988133#818
1987128#823
1986120#828
1985112#852
1984127#768
1983131#755
1982149#713
1981123#784
1980148#714
1979148#702
1978184#613
1977168#651
1976184#598
1975161#641
1974193#577
1973163#619
1972156#632
1971185#615
1970199#572
1969171#600
1968229#500
1967236#487
1966237#492
1965273#470
1964332#441
1963305#452
1962296#464
1961310#459
1960326#447
1959338#435
1958363#410
1957401#383
1956397#372
1955397#364
1954456#334
1953434#335
1952454#327
1951488#316
1950484#310
1949505#301
1948548#291
1947514#304
1946565#267
1945541#246
1944615#222
1943626#230
1942840#190
1941434#275
1940458#260
1939416#267
1938458#254
1937473#246
1936454#246
1935450#256
1934465#247
1933419#257
1932514#233
1931482#239
1930505#249
1929507#240
1928518#243
1927551#239
1926535#242
1925570#230
1924546#246
1923550#239
1922620#212
1921529#245
1920533#236
1919579#214
1918556#223
1917480#227
1916485#220
1915434#229
1914361#220
1913292#218
1912295#195
1911197#167
1910213#150
1909154#161
1908183#136
1907142#158
1906132#152
1905151#141
1904158#134
1903131#143
1902147#132
1901114#143
1900250#96
1899160#110
1898153#121
1897159#108
1896148#119
1895140#119
1894119#136
1893115#130
1892135#127
1891127#112
1890114#127
1889110#129
188896#158
1887109#122
188697#139
1885104#130
1884119#122
188398#126
1882145#101
188180#154
1880104#123

Names like Mack

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Frederick Arthur Frank Archie Leo Louie Henry Ollie Otis Ralph Otto Jack

Other spellings of Mack

Mac Mak

Names related to Mack

Mace Mackie Mako Mackay Maki Mackey

More Scottish names

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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, “Mack: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mack, updated 20 October 2026.