Macey
- Pronunciation
- [Ma-cey]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Derived From Medieval Male Form Of Matthew.
- Origin
- French
About the Name Macey
Macey is a feminine given name that traces its roots to an Old French surname, itself derived from a medieval male personal name related to the Latin Matthaeus — the French form of Matthew, meaning "gift of God." The place name Macé in Normandy also fed into this surname tradition, so Macey carries both a personal and a geographical layer of history. By the late twentieth century, the name made the transition from surname to first name for girls, joining a long tradition of transferring dignified family names into the given-name column.
Macey first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and reached its peak rank of #494 in 2001 — a remarkably swift climb in just its second tracked year. It remained a consistent presence through the early 2000s before tapering off; 2014 was its last year in the top-1000, with 291 girls given the name at rank #928. Over its tracked run, more than 6,487 girls received this spelling in top-1000 years. The name benefited from the same early-2000s appetite for crisp, two-syllable surname-style names ending in a bright -ee sound.
Macey shares its sonic and stylistic space with several close relatives. Variants include Macee, Maceo, and Maci. The name's compact shape — just two syllables, an assertive opening consonant, and a cheerful close — gives it an energy that feels both vintage and contemporary. Parents drawn to surname-derived names with a French pedigree will find Macey an understated but historically grounded option.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Macey
US Popularity History (2000–2014)
Annual US births named Macey by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2001 with 561 girls named Macey (girl rank #494 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2014, ranked #928 for girls (291 US births). That's 434 places below its 2001 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Macey Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Macey the strongest states are Kentucky, Utah, Wisconsin.
Strongest girls-name states
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Macey in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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