The name Macy is of Old French origin, and means weapon.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Macy has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Macy
Use of the Name Macy for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
14,059
13,905
13,905
11,148
7,009
2,879
1,399
The table below indicates the number of times the name Macy has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Macy first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1885, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Macy
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1885
888
7
1886
958
7
1887
1000
7
1888
1889
1890
1891
928
10
1892
1893
817
14
1894
1895
1896
1897
963
12
1898
870
16
1899
1900
999
15
1901
948
13
1902
1903
1904
1905
914
17
1906
909
17
1907
1908
1909
954
19
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
641
351
1991
458
535
1992
432
579
1993
401
625
1994
380
667
1995
343
769
1996
366
738
1997
355
779
1998
337
872
1999
312
981
2000
232
1,373
2001
242
1,312
2002
221
1,445
2003
218
1,480
2004
233
1,399
Totals:
14,059
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Macy as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Macy appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 27 times during the last 125 years.