Boys' name · since 1998
Macallan
460 babies named Macallan in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,294 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 460
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Macallan is the #3294 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 460 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Macallan recorded 460 times among boys since 1998, holding rank #3294 nationally today, ahead of 76% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #8,286 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,294 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 460 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macallan ranks #8,286 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,294 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 460 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,294 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 460
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Macallan's 460 recorded births place it above 81.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Macallan compares
460 Top 46% higher than 54% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Macallan's all-time total is 25% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Macallan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 460 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 34 | 22,252 |
Macallan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Macallan splits its recorded history at 2013: 79% of all births land in the more recent half, 21% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 38 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Macallan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Macallan popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2016 (Macallan as girls' name)
Macallan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (214 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Macallan's strongest decade.
214 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Macallan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 58
2000s
58 births
- 2010s
2010s
178 births
- 2020s
2020s
214 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 214 births (47% of all-time use).
Macallan by state
Where Macallan concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 4.8% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.1% |
22 of 460 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- California records the most Macallans (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Macallan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Macallan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.