Mackel
Mackel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Billy Mackel (1912–1986), American jazz guitarist Ciarán Mackel, Northern Irish architect Kathy Mackel, American author and screenwriter
Meaning & Origin of Mackel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mackel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Billy Mackel (1912–1986), American jazz guitarist Ciarán Mackel, Northern Irish architect Kathy Mackel, American author and screenwriter
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The Story of Mackel
American parents first put Mackel on the record books as a baby boy name in 1959, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1961, when 6 Mackels were born — ranking #3,652 that year. About 69% of every Mackel on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Mackel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1962, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Mackel
Mackel is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1959 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Mackel's peak popularity came in 1961 when it ranked #3,652. Use the chart and map above to compare Mackel'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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