Fun Facts About the Name Maycee
- More than 2 thousand babies named Maycee: U.S. records list 2,783 babies given the name Maycee from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Maycee Mean?
Maycee is a modern American English spelling of Macy (also written Macey), a name that entered English through a Norman French personal name and surname. Its literal meaning is uncertain. The surname is usually traced to the medieval personal name Mace, an Old French short form of Mathieu, the French form of Matthew; under that traditional derivation the underlying sense would be the Hebrew "gift of God," but that is the meaning of the ancestor name, not a direct translation of Maycee. Other accounts instead connect the surname to a place name in northern France, which would make its origin topographical rather than personal. Because these explanations compete and neither is firmly established, the name is best described as having no single agreed meaning.
Maycee Name History & Origins
Macy began as an English family name. It is of Norman origin, appearing in England after the Norman Conquest as a personal name and later becoming a hereditary surname; Middle English records show the personal name Macy alongside the Old French form Mace. The name was carried to North America as a surname by English colonists.
Its use as a first name is far more recent, part of the broader American practice of turning surnames into given names. Macy appeared among girls' names in the twentieth century and grew more familiar toward the end of that century. The spelling Maycee belongs to a later trend of respelling familiar names phonetically, especially with an -ee ending. This spelling does not change the pronunciation; it gives the name a distinct written form.
The surname is also widely recognized from R. H. Macy, whose New York department store opened in 1858. The similar-looking Scottish name Maisie, a pet form of Margaret, is pronounced with a z sound and has a separate history, so the two should not be treated as the same name.
How Popular is the Name Maycee?
Maycee 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 2010. Its best rank was #1,214 in 2010.
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 | #3,281 | 48 | 0.0030% |
| 2024 | #2,835 | 59 | 0.0037% |
| 2023 | #3,163 | 52 | 0.0032% |
| 2022 | #3,746 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2021 | #3,193 | 51 | 0.0031% |
| 2020 | #2,409 | 73 | 0.0045% |
| 2019 | #3,026 | 54 | 0.0032% |
| 2018 | #2,525 | 70 | 0.0041% |
| 2017 | #1,973 | 101 | 0.0059% |
| 2016 | #1,982 | 101 | 0.0057% |
| 2015 | #1,929 | 105 | 0.0059% |
| 2014 | #1,542 | 142 | 0.0080% |
| 2013 | #1,505 | 147 | 0.0084% |
| 2012 | #1,317 | 179 | 0.0102% |
| 2011 | #1,406 | 163 | 0.0093% |
| 2010 | #1,214 | 200 | 0.0113% |
| 2009 | #1,692 | 132 | 0.0072% |
| 2008 | #1,752 | 127 | 0.0067% |
| 2007 | #1,965 | 105 | 0.0055% |
| 2006 | #2,078 | 95 | 0.0050% |
| 2005 | #2,115 | 88 | 0.0048% |
| 2004 | #2,096 | 87 | 0.0047% |
| 2003 | #1,942 | 94 | 0.0051% |
| 2002 | #1,948 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 2001 | #1,977 | 87 | 0.0048% |
| 2000 | #2,660 | 56 | 0.0031% |
| 1999 | #2,922 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1998 | #2,717 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 1997 | #3,778 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1996 | #4,989 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1995 | #3,941 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1994 | #6,539 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1993 | #6,902 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #7,846 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #6,144 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1990 | #8,962 | 9 | 0.0005% |
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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