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How popular is the name Macs?
Births per year, rank history and how many Macses are alive today.
Macs (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Max in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2014, when 7 babies were given the name, the 2690th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2022, with 7 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2014; the 2025 figure is roughly 43% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Max you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Maxes born in England and Wales are between 11 and 25, and there are at least 69,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 20% chance that at least one of them will be called Max.
How many babies are named Macs each year?
Includes all spellings: Macs, Max. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Macs spelling rank?
Where does the Max spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Macs most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Max, peaked in 2012, when 3,226 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Macs spelling itself peaked in 2014, with 7 babies.
How many people are called Macs?
At least 69,000 people named Macs in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Macs?
Most living Macses are between 11 and 25; the most common age is about 14.
Is Macs becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.