Given name & surname
Mackie
“the son of”
Mackie is a variant of Mac. One interpretation is “the son of.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mackie is a variant of Mac. One interpretation is “the son of.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mackie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,629
- 1,032 boys · 597 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #8,661 for boys · #16,348 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +72%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,661 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 1942. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 908 as a first name in 2020; 6,234 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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