Unisex name · since 2002
Maclaren
40 babies named Maclaren in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,602 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
40 girls have been named Maclaren since 2002, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Maclaren has 40 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2016.
- #37,602 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 40 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maclaren ranks #37,602 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #37,602 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maclaren's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maclaren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maclaren splits its recorded history at 2012: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maclaren popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2016
- Peak year (2012)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Maclaren popularity over time - boys
23 total births recorded since 2003 (Maclaren as boys' name)
Maclaren by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (22 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Maclaren's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Maclaren births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 22 births (55% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maclaren: 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 (~14 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, 2002–2016 (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 Maclaren 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.