Boys' name · since 2011
Macklen
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 194 babies named Macklen, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,157 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,732 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
194 babies have been named Macklen since 2011, making it today's #6732 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macklen has been recorded 194 times among boys since 2011, currently ranked #6732 nationally and more common than 52% of boys, 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 2011 to 2025.
- #13,157 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,732 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 194 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macklen ranks #13,157 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,732 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 194 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,157 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,732 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Macklen's 194 recorded births place it above 71.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Macklen compares
194 37th 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
Macklen's all-time total is 47% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Macklen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 194 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Macklen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Macklen's full recorded timeline at 2018, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Macklen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Macklen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (100 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Macklen's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Macklen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 100 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Macklen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2011–2025 (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 Macklen 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.