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Mac

Meaning: Son (of)
Origin: Scottish/Irish Gaelic — The Gaelic patronymic prefix, used as a name

Boy's name · #696 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Mac reached its best rank, #308, in 1942 and ranked #696 in 2025. Roughly 11,000 boys have been named Mac since 1880.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#223 in Scotland (2025) · #280 in New Zealand (2025) · #457 in N. Ireland (2025) · #792 in England & Wales (2025) · #803 in Canada (2024).

Famous Macs

Mac Miller — American rapper (1992–2018)
Mac DeMarco — Canadian musician
Mac Wilkins — American athletics competitor
Mac Davis — American songwriter, singer and actor (1942–2020)
Mac Thornberry — American politician (born 1958)

In stories & tradition

Mac Cuill — Irish mythology
Mac Gargan — Spider-Man (video game)
Mac Tonight — McDonald's advertising character used in the late 1980s

What Macs become

Among 287 notable people named Mac:

Sports figures appear 1.74× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mac Wilkins, American athletics competitor.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Mack (#463), Mac would rank around #324 with about 1,100 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Mack and Mac.

Similar names: Mack · Arden · Makhi · Vaughn · Cormac · Marlin

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