Fun Facts About the Name Mackie
- More than 1 thousand babies named Mackie: U.S. records list 1,629 babies given the name Mackie from 1880 through 2025. Even 597 girls received the name Mackie - about 1 girl for every 2 boys.
What Does the Name Mackie Mean?
Mackie is an English form of a Scottish surname, usually explained as an anglicization of the Gaelic patronymic Mac Aoidh, "son of Aodh." Aodh comes from Old Irish áed, "fire," and was a common personal name in Gaelic Ireland and Scotland, borne by kings and saints; in Scotland it was often rendered in English as Hugh, so the patronymic is sometimes translated loosely as "son of Hugh." Other anglicized spellings of the same Gaelic patronymic include McKie and McCoy.
A second line of development treats Mackie as a pet form of Mack made with the Scots diminutive suffix -ie. In Scotland, Mack was a general short form for names beginning with Mac-, so this explanation gives no separate meaning beyond "son of" plus the shortened name. Because Gaelic Mac- names and English forms such as Mack were used side by side in the same regions, the two derivations often cannot be told apart in the records of a single family, and the Gaelic derivation, while widely accepted, is not certain in every case.
Mackie Name History & Origins
Mackie appears as a hereditary surname in Scotland once fixed second names replaced looser patronymics in the later Middle Ages and early modern period. The name is found in eastern Scotland and the southwest, and it also appears in Ulster, where Scottish families settled in the seventeenth century. As with other surnames ending in -ie or -y, the spelling preserves a familiar or affectionate Scots diminutive form rather than a formal one.
Mackie has also been used as a first name in the English-speaking world, most often as a familiar form of Mackenzie or another name beginning with Mac-, or adopted directly from the surname in the common pattern of turning family surnames into given names. In German, "Mackie Messer" is the nickname of the highwayman Macheath in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Die Dreigroschenoper (1928), translated into English as "Mack the Knife"; the character goes back to Captain Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728). That is a literary use of a pet form of a fictional name, not the source of the given name Mackie.
How Popular is the Name Mackie?
Mackie 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 1942. Its best rank was #1,059 in 1891.
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 | #16,348 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #14,513 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #16,658 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #12,945 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #13,256 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #14,226 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #16,679 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #16,325 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #15,863 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #14,813 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #14,472 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #6,468 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #6,109 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #6,520 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1955 | #5,013 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1954 | #5,501 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1953 | #4,110 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1952 | #6,076 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1951 | #5,891 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #3,347 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1949 | #4,102 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #4,453 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #2,995 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1946 | #2,977 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1945 | #3,562 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1944 | #2,062 | 18 | 0.0014% |
| 1943 | #2,119 | 18 | 0.0013% |
| 1942 | #3,125 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1941 | #2,964 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1940 | #3,718 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1939 | #2,688 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1938 | #3,089 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1937 | #3,325 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1936 | #1,776 | 19 | 0.0018% |
| 1935 | #2,851 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1934 | #3,070 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1933 | #2,490 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1932 | #2,438 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1931 | #2,687 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1930 | #3,534 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1929 | #2,673 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1928 | #3,072 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1927 | #3,456 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1926 | #2,980 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1925 | #2,247 | 17 | 0.0014% |
| 1924 | #3,875 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1923 | #2,420 | 15 | 0.0012% |
| 1922 | #2,704 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1921 | #3,567 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1920 | #2,330 | 16 | 0.0013% |
| 1919 | #4,589 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1918 | #3,409 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1917 | #3,256 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1916 | #2,590 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1915 | #3,649 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1914 | #2,778 | 8 | 0.0011% |
| 1913 | #3,055 | 6 | 0.0010% |
| 1912 | #2,276 | 8 | 0.0014% |
| 1910 | #2,048 | 7 | 0.0018% |
| 1905 | #1,633 | 7 | 0.0024% |
| 1904 | #1,586 | 7 | 0.0025% |
| 1902 | #1,722 | 6 | 0.0023% |
| 1900 | #1,670 | 7 | 0.0023% |
| 1898 | #1,334 | 8 | 0.0031% |
| 1897 | #1,337 | 7 | 0.0030% |
| 1893 | #1,561 | 5 | 0.0023% |
| 1891 | #1,059 | 8 | 0.0043% |
| 1890 | #1,448 | 5 | 0.0026% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,661 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #11,782 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #10,446 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #13,335 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #11,619 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #13,504 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #13,286 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #13,462 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #11,908 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #13,628 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2006 | #11,517 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #10,057 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #7,485 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #9,079 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1989 | #8,728 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1988 | #8,047 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #5,855 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #5,706 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #4,019 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #4,413 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #4,926 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #4,732 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #3,823 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1974 | #3,730 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1973 | #5,578 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #4,265 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #4,217 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #2,983 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1968 | #3,014 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #2,218 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1966 | #2,902 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #2,138 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1964 | #3,184 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #3,531 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #3,198 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1961 | #2,490 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1960 | #2,630 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1959 | #1,948 | 18 | 0.0008% |
| 1958 | #2,224 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1957 | #1,740 | 22 | 0.0010% |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1955 | #1,593 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1954 | #1,517 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 1953 | #1,447 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1952 | #1,786 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1950 | #1,640 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1949 | #1,451 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1948 | #1,542 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1947 | #1,631 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1946 | #1,251 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 1945 | #1,288 | 27 | 0.0020% |
| 1944 | #1,422 | 23 | 0.0017% |
| 1943 | #1,615 | 20 | 0.0014% |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 34 | 0.0025% |
| 1941 | #1,474 | 22 | 0.0018% |
| 1940 | #1,455 | 22 | 0.0019% |
| 1939 | #1,843 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1938 | #1,390 | 24 | 0.0022% |
| 1937 | #1,431 | 23 | 0.0022% |
| 1936 | #1,699 | 17 | 0.0016% |
| 1935 | #1,572 | 20 | 0.0019% |
| 1934 | #1,450 | 23 | 0.0022% |
| 1933 | #1,804 | 16 | 0.0016% |
| 1932 | #1,891 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1931 | #2,280 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1930 | #2,394 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1929 | #2,404 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1928 | #2,771 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1927 | #2,163 | 15 | 0.0013% |
| 1926 | #2,154 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1925 | #2,863 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1924 | #4,729 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1921 | #4,158 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #3,113 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1919 | #3,026 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1918 | #3,582 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1916 | #3,379 | 7 | 0.0008% |
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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