Is Mackie a boy or girl name?

Mackie is a unisex name. Of the 1,629 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 36.6% were girls and 63.4% were boys. It changed hands in 1937, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Mackie

Recorded 1890–2025 · United States

Mackie was most popular in 1942, when 44 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,104 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,918, with 14 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,629 people named Mackie.

Mackie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Mackie’s peak in 1942. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Mackie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Mackie is a unisex name — 36.6% of the 1,629 Americans given it were girls and 63.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 1937 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 44% girls and 56% 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.

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