Mackey
Boy · MAK-ee · Irish
Mackey is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “son of Aodh (fire)”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Mackey mean?
Irish: Irish surname, from Mac Aodha 'son of Aodh'
“son of Aodh (fire)”
Shares its root with the Scottish clan name Mackay; Aodh, meaning fire, was a common name among early Irish kings.
- Say it
- MAK-ee
Is Mackey a girl's or a boy's name?
Mackey 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 Mackey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Mackey, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1950, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Mackey in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mackey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,037 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
Nicknames for Mackey
- Mack 55 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mackey
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