Mack

Meaning: Son
Origin: Gaelic — From the surname prefix Mac, son of

Boy's name · #463 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Mack holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#463 in 2025). About 43,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

Its relative popularity was strongest in the South in the 1940s and 1950s, and is strongest in the Midwest in 2020–2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Mack ranks in other countries and regions.

#170 in Scotland (2025) · #311 in New Zealand (2025) · #492 in Canada (2025) · #676 in Ireland (2025) · #1,007 in England & Wales (2025) · #5,918 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,159 in Sweden (2024) · #869 in Netherlands (2017).

Famous Macks

Mack Sennett — Canadian-American film producer (1880–1960)
Mack 10 — American rapper (born 1971)
Mack Hollins — American football player (born 1993)
Mack Horton — Australian swimmer (born 1996)
Mack Brown — American football coach (born 1951)

In stories & tradition

Mack Bolan — The Executioner (book series)
Mack — Cars (film)
Mack Mallard — Fictional bird from Illumination's Migration

What Macks become

Among 179 notable people named Mack:

Sports figures appear 2.5× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mack Horton, Australian swimmer (born 1996).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Mac (#696), Mack would rank around #324 with about 1,100 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Mack and Mac.

Similar names: Mac · Van · Mace · Clyde · Marvin · Marlin

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