Maciel
The Story of Maciel
As a girl name
Maciel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1977, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1987: 17 births, good for #4,660 nationwide. About 46% of every Maciel on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Maciel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 198 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Maciel on the record books as a boy name in 1992, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 8 Maciels were born — ranking #8,983 that year. About 52% of every Maciel on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Maciel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 58 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Maciel
Maciel is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 198 births in the dataset. Maciel's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #4,660. Use the chart and map above to compare Maciel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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