Unisex name · since 1995
Maclaine
128 babies named Maclaine in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,686 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 128
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maclaine currently ranks #7686 among unisex names in America, with 128 babies recorded since 1995.
Social Security Administration records show Maclaine recorded 128 times among girls since 1995, holding rank #7686 nationally today, ahead of 56% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #24,418 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,686 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 128 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maclaine ranks #24,418 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,686 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 128 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,686 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 128
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maclaine's 128 recorded births place it above 66.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Maclaine compares
128 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Maclaine's all-time total is 66% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maclaine | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 128 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maclaine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maclaine's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maclaine popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Maclaine popularity over time - boys
19 total births recorded since 1999 (Maclaine as boys' name)
Maclaine by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (42 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Maclaine's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Maclaine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 42 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Maclaine's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (42 total births) through the 2020s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maclaine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Maclaine 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.