girls:
141 births since 1996
#5575 (2nd percentile)
boys:
186 births since 1996
#4400 (4th percentile)
overall:
327 births since 1996
#7412 (4th percentile)
The name Maciah is the #7,412 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 327 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 4.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,400 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 186 births since 1996. For girls, it ranks #5,575 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 141 births since 1996.
Maciah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 . Birth data for Maciah is available in 27 out of the 28 years between 1996 and 2023 (23 years for boys and 15 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Maciah has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (56.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Maciah were boys. Interestingly, until around 2012, the name was more popular for girls (64.6% girls from 1996 to 2011), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (87.4% boys from 2012 to 2023).
For boys, Maciah reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #907) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Maciah ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 51.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Maciah reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #882) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maciah".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Maciah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Maciah is pronounced as muh-SAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-KAI-uh, at 20.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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