Fun Facts About the Name Macee
- More than 1 thousand babies named Macee: U.S. records list 1,875 babies given the name Macee from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Macee Mean?
Macee is a respelled form of Macy, an English surname that is also used as a given name, mainly for girls. The surname is usually traced to a place in Normandy; several French communes are called Massy, including one in Seine-Maritime. Norman place names of that type are commonly built from a Roman personal name plus the Gallo-Roman suffix -acum, meaning "estate of," which yields a literal sense along the lines of "estate of Maccius." Maccius was a Roman family name of uncertain, probably non-Latin origin, and its own meaning is not known, so the literal meaning of the name cannot be recovered.
A second explanation connects the surname to Old French mace (also masse), "mace, club," describing a mace-bearer, but this is not the usual derivation. The final -ee in Macee is a modern phonetic spelling, not a separate origin, and it has nothing to do with the unrelated name Maisy, a pet form of Margaret.
Macee Name History & Origins
Macy was in use as an English surname by the medieval period, and the spellings Macy and Massey were long interchangeable, so bearers of the surname are not all descended from one family or one village. As a girl's name it stayed uncommon until the twentieth century, when English surnames of this shape began to be given to daughters in the United States. The spelling Macee belongs to a group of respelled versions - Maci, Macie, and Macey are others - that make the two-syllable pronunciation MAY-see explicit, and it is chiefly an American form.
The surname became widely familiar in the United States through the New York department store opened by Rowland Hussey Macy in 1858, though the given name's use rests on the broader practice of turning surnames into first names. In Britain, Macy and Massey remain far more common as surnames than as given names.
How Popular is the Name Macee?
Macee has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2012. Its best rank was #1,992 in 2012.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,661 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #7,424 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #6,308 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #5,740 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #6,078 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #4,403 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2019 | #4,984 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2018 | #3,713 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 2017 | #3,963 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2016 | #3,630 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 2015 | #3,158 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 2014 | #2,406 | 76 | 0.0043% |
| 2013 | #2,679 | 66 | 0.0038% |
| 2012 | #1,992 | 98 | 0.0056% |
| 2011 | #2,186 | 87 | 0.0049% |
| 2010 | #2,245 | 86 | 0.0048% |
| 2009 | #2,349 | 83 | 0.0045% |
| 2008 | #2,821 | 64 | 0.0034% |
| 2007 | #2,237 | 88 | 0.0046% |
| 2006 | #2,300 | 83 | 0.0044% |
| 2005 | #2,354 | 76 | 0.0041% |
| 2004 | #2,255 | 78 | 0.0042% |
| 2003 | #2,359 | 71 | 0.0039% |
| 2002 | #2,156 | 78 | 0.0043% |
| 2001 | #2,206 | 74 | 0.0041% |
| 2000 | #2,085 | 79 | 0.0044% |
| 1999 | #3,129 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1998 | #2,598 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 1997 | #2,853 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 1996 | #3,544 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1995 | #2,912 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1994 | #3,145 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1993 | #3,259 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1992 | #4,037 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1991 | #4,145 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1990 | #6,004 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #11,733 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #9,906 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #11,392 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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