Maclain — #8540 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Maclain

The Social Security Administration has registered 413 babies named Maclain between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maclain currently holds the #8540 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maclain performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Maclain shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Maclain in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maclain in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 413 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.