Boys' name · since 2012
Macallen
29 babies named Macallen in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,140 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
29 boys have been named Macallen since 2012, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macallen has been recorded 29 times among boys since 2012, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2022.
- #26,140 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 29 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macallen ranks #26,140 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,140 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Macallen's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Macallen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Macallen splits its recorded history at 2020: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Macallen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2022
- Peak year (2012)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Macallen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (15 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Macallen's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Macallen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
14 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (52% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Macallen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~10 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, 2012–2022 (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 Macallen 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.