Masculine dossier · first seen 1898

Maceo

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Maceo
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2017

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1898Peak 20172024

Peak year

2017

Decline from peak

28.4%

2024

All-time

3,129

Maceo has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2017, when 95 boys were named Maceo.

In 2024, only 68 boys were given the name.

Down 28.4% from its peak.

All told, about 3,129 Americans have been named Maceo and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1898.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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