girl's name
Macie
MAY-see
- Origin Norman French
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 28,899
the United States
#439
2025 births
Macie is a girl's name of Norman French origin, a respelling of Macy. It names an estate in Normandy belonging to a man called Maccius, so the name reaches back through a French village to a Roman personal name.
- Macie is a name of Norman French origin.
- Peaked in 2011, when 906 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 4,716 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1882.
Macie over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 48 |
| 1890s | 168 |
| 1900s | 293 |
| 1910s | 669 |
| 1920s | 680 |
| 1930s | 391 |
| 1940s | 227 |
| 1950s | 137 |
| 1960s | 104 |
| 1970s | 159 |
| 1980s | 268 |
| 1990s | 2,457 |
| 2000s | 6,578 |
| 2010s | 7,575 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 3,749 |
What Macie means
Macie names the estate of Maccius, a Roman personal name of uncertain meaning. The name says a place, and the place says a man, and what his name meant is lost.
Where Macie comes from
Macie respells Macy, a habitational surname from places in Normandy called Massy, from the Gallo-Roman Maciacum, the estate of Maccius — a Roman personal name whose own root is not recoverable. Norman families carried it to England after the Conquest. In America the surname is inseparable from Macy's, founded by Rowland Hussey Macy in 1858. The IE spelling is modern and appears in our records from 1882, though the name had almost no use until the 1990s, when it rose alongside Macey, Maci and Macy as part of a broad fashion for that sound.
Macie in use
Macie charts in five of the seven countries we track and peaked in 2011.
How popular is Macie?
In 2025, Macie was given to 703 babies in the United States, ranking #439 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Macie is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Macie
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Macie also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Macie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Macie
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Macie in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Seediq
- Maci
Sibling names for Macie
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Macie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Macie
What does the name Macie mean?
The estate of Maccius, from a Norman place name. What the Roman name Maccius meant is not recoverable.
What is the difference between Macie and Macy?
Only the spelling. Macy is the traditional surname form.
Is Macie related to Macy's the store?
Only through the surname — the shop is named for its founder, Rowland Hussey Macy.
How popular is the name Macie?
In 2025, Macie was given to 703 babies in the United States, ranking #439 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Macie a girl's or a boy's name?
Macie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Macie most popular?
Macie peaked in 2011, when 906 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Macie?
Macie is usually shortened to Mace.
Is Macie a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Macie currently ranks #319 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.