Boys' name · since 2012
Macklan
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 145 babies named Macklan, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,986 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,737 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 145
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Macklan currently ranks #6737 among boys' names in America, with 145 babies recorded since 2012.
Social Security Administration records show Macklan recorded 145 times among boys since 2012, holding rank #6737 nationally today, ahead of 52% 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 2012 to 2025.
- #14,986 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,737 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 145 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macklan ranks #14,986 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,737 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 145 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,986 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,737 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 145
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Macklan's 145 recorded births place it above 67.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Macklan compares
145 32nd percentile among 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
Macklan's all-time total is 61% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Macklan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 145 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Macklan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Macklan's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Macklan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Macklan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (81 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Macklan's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Macklan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 81 births (56% of all-time use).
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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, 2012–2025 (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 Macklan 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.