Macoy
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.
Meaning & Origin of Macoy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.
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The Story of Macoy
The earliest SSA record of Macoy as a baby boy name dates back to 1996, when 8 babies received it. 2020 was its biggest year on record, with 36 newborns named Macoy — #3,134 in the national rankings. About 44% of every Macoy on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Macoy ranks #7,146 for baby boys with 10 births, falling sharply (-39%). All told, over 551 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Macoy
Macoy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 551 births in the dataset. Macoy's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #3,134. Use the chart and map above to compare Macoy'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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