Spellings

Mack or Mac?

In the US in 2025, 63% of babies in this name family were spelled Mack and 37% Mac. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Mack already led in 2015, with 69% of the family's births; it has 63% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 566 to 1,058 births (+87%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Mack389668+72%
Mac177390×2

How they sound

All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈmæk/ (MAK). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.

In France

None of these spellings is given in France often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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