Maci
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Meaning
variant of Macy, an English surname from French towns called Massy; the town names come from a name used in Roman Gaul, in what is now France, and written Maccius in Latin
The story
Maci is Macy with the i, the spelling the current records lean toward, and Macy is an English surname from towns called Massy in France, themselves from a Gallo-Roman personal name Latinized as Maccius. So the cheerful modern spelling sits on two thousand years of paperwork. The records show the i-form arriving late and fast: about 27 girls in the 1970s, about 1,800 in the 1990s, about 4,300 in the 2000s, then about 12,200 in the 2010s before settling to about 2,900 so far this decade. Behind the Name notes the parent spelling got its television push in 1989, when Macy Alexander joined The Bold and the Beautiful, and the department store has kept the sound on American main streets since 1858. Maci is the swap-one-letter kind of variant: same sound, same Roman name at the root, a slightly softer signature.
How popular is Maci around the world?
In the United States, 2,882 babies were named Maci between 2020 and 2025.
Maci is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Scotland, Canada, England and Wales and Brazil.
United States
1 in 7,600
In the United States, 2,882 babies were named Maci between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Maci peaked in the 2010s. Maci went to 1,180 US babies in 2015 and 352 in 2025, 30% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
South Australia
1 in 9,2002017
In South Australia, 2 girls were registered as Maci in 2017.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Scotland
1 in 11,000
In Scotland, 4 girls named Maci were registered in 2024, the 638th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Canada
1 in 16,000
In Canada, 23 girls named Maci were born in 2024, ranked 1,109th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 120,000
In England and Wales, 5 girls named Maci were born in 2025, ranked 4,201st among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 58 people in Brazil were named Maci, ranked 60,128th, with a median age of 46.
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Ireland
last on record 2022
Maci is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
New Zealand
last on record 2021
Maci is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Maci
Most people given the name Maci in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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The Maci deep dive
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