Macdonald is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.
Macdonald is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2002. Macdonald was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 1961 (9 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #11,789 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #8,976 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | #5,577 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #3,484 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #3,531 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #2,971 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | #3,020 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #4,388 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #3,476 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,818 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #3,411 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #4,146 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #4,072 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #3,584 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #3,213 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #3,559 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #3,540 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #3,605 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #3,840 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #3,074 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #3,846 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | #3,147 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #4,700 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #4,552 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,171 |