Given name
Macray
“the son of Ray”
Macray is a variant of Macrae. One interpretation is “the son of Ray.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Macray is a variant of Macrae. One interpretation is “the son of Ray.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Macray through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13
- 13 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2002.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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