Is Maceo a boy or girl name?

Maceo is a boy’s name. Of the 3,195 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Maceo

Recorded 1898–2025 · United States

Maceo was most popular in 2017, when 95 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,646 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,676, with 65 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,195 people named Maceo.

Maceo over time

Births per year. The dot marks Maceo’s peak in 2017. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Maceo a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Maceo is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 3,195 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Maceo

Where Maceo is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 5.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org