Macray
William Dunn Macray (1826–1916) was an English librarian, cleric and historian.
Meaning & Origin of Macray
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
William Dunn Macray (1826–1916) was an English librarian, cleric and historian.
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The Story of Macray
Macray first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2002, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2002: 8 births, good for #7,642 nationwide. About 62% of every Macray on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Macray last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 13 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Macray
Macray is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 13 births in the dataset. Macray's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #7,642. Use the chart and map above to compare Macray'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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