Macon is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2015 and has grown less common since.
Macon is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7,485 for boy births in the United States (and #15,701 across all names), given to 11 babies. Macon first appears in 1898 and peaked in 2015 (48 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,485 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | #16,753 | #4,648 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,551 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | #14,633 | #3,314 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,551 |
| 2020 | 48 | 48 | #12,960 | #2,909 |
| 2019 | 52 | 52 | #14,890 | #2,750 |
| 2018 | 40 | 40 | #14,948 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 44 | 44 | #12,324 | #3,228 |
| 2016 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,493 |
| 2015 | 56 | 56 | #12,531 | #2,588 |
| 2014 | 51 | 51 | #12,635 | #2,786 |
| 2013 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,102 |
| 2012 | 36 | 36 | #18,507 | #3,496 |
| 2011 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,282 |
| 2010 | 33 | 33 | #12,997 | #4,065 |
| 2009 | 35 | 35 | #14,621 | #3,789 |
| 2008 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,701 |
| 2007 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,966 |
| 2006 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,425 |
| 2005 | 34 | 34 | #12,529 | #3,682 |
| 2004 | 25 | 25 | #11,260 | #5,161 |
| 2003 | 25 | 25 | #17,326 | #4,218 |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,624 |
| 2001 | 30 | 30 | #11,621 | #3,802 |
| 2000 | 18 | 18 | #16,552 | #5,481 |
| 1999 | 21 | 21 | #13,707 | #4,682 |
| 1998 | 18 | 18 | — | #3,950 |
| 1997 | 20 | — | #9,494 | #5,518 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | — | #4,310 |
| 1995 | 20 | — | — | #3,391 |
| 1994 | 15 | — | — | #4,215 |
| 1993 | 19 | — | — | #3,453 |
| 1992 | 28 | — | #11,195 | #3,172 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | — | #3,948 |
| 1990 | 22 | — | — | #2,923 |
| 1989 | 17 | — | #13,654 | #4,430 |
| 1988 | 18 | — | #13,026 | #3,818 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | — | #4,453 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | — | #5,707 |
| 1985 | 14 | — | #11,726 | #4,551 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | — | #6,948 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | — | #5,255 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | — | #6,102 |
| 1981 | 17 | — | — | #2,742 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | #11,401 | #4,778 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | #9,665 | #5,792 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | #10,714 | #4,043 |
| 1977 | 28 | — | #7,275 | #2,324 |
| 1976 | 17 | — | #10,194 | #3,186 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | — | #3,822 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | — | #5,007 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | — | #3,932 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | — | #5,464 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | — | #3,832 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | — | #3,000 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | — | #3,807 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | — | #3,553 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | — | #2,556 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | — | #2,904 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | — | #2,565 |
| 1964 | 14 | — | — | #2,275 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | — | #3,225 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | — | #2,610 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | — | #2,641 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | — | #3,908 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | — | #2,758 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | — | #2,745 |
| 1957 | 11 | — | — | #2,587 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | — | #2,900 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | — | #3,385 |
| 1954 | 17 | — | — | #1,938 |
| 1953 | 13 | — | — | #2,248 |
| 1952 | 16 | — | — | #1,986 |
| 1951 | 18 | — | — | #1,810 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | — | #2,526 |
| 1949 | 15 | — | — | #1,998 |
| 1948 | 13 | — | — | #2,183 |
| 1947 | 17 | — | — | #1,890 |
| 1946 | 24 | — | — | #1,459 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | — | #1,899 |
| 1944 | 21 | — | — | #1,510 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | — | #2,047 |
| 1942 | 21 | — | — | #1,568 |
| 1941 | 24 | — | — | #1,397 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | — | #1,772 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | — | #2,386 |
| 1938 | 18 | — | — | #1,662 |
| 1937 | 18 | — | #4,660 | #2,056 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | — | #1,851 |
| 1935 | 15 | — | — | #1,891 |
| 1934 | 23 | — | — | #1,452 |
| 1933 | 13 | — | — | #2,057 |
| 1932 | 20 | — | — | #1,629 |
| 1931 | 18 | — | — | #1,749 |
| 1930 | 14 | — | — | #2,141 |
| 1929 | 18 | — | #4,383 | #2,405 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | — | #2,590 |
| 1927 | 19 | — | — | #1,850 |
| 1926 | 18 | — | — | #1,879 |
| 1925 | 23 | — | — | #1,613 |
| 1924 | 18 | — | — | #1,940 |
| 1923 | 26 | — | — | #1,478 |
| 1922 | 21 | — | — | #1,737 |
| 1921 | 36 | — | — | #1,216 |
| 1920 | 43 | — | #4,233 | #1,219 |
| 1919 | 26 | — | — | #1,438 |
| 1918 | 24 | — | #5,286 | #1,802 |
| 1917 | 30 | — | — | #1,252 |
| 1916 | 34 | — | #4,202 | #1,291 |
| 1915 | 20 | — | — | #1,584 |
| 1914 | 24 | — | — | #1,210 |
| 1913 | 17 | — | — | #1,294 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | — | #1,325 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #2,705 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | — | — | #1,608 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | — | #1,175 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | — | #1,073 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | — | #1,029 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | — | #1,247 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | — | #1,241 |