Unisex name · since 2010
Maclyn
Maclyn has 94 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 94
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
94 babies have been named Maclyn since 2010, making it today's #16386 unisex name.
Maclyn has 94 recorded births among girls since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16386 as of the latest data, more common than 5% of girls, 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 2010 to 2025.
- #27,814 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,386 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 94 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maclyn ranks #27,814 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,386 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 94 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 94
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maclyn's 94 recorded births place it above 61.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Maclyn compares
94 24th 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
Maclyn's all-time total is 75% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maclyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 94 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maclyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maclyn splits its recorded history at 2020: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maclyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Maclyn popularity over time - boys
14 total births recorded since 1927 (Maclyn as boys' name)
Maclyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (53 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Maclyn's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Maclyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 53 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Maclyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (53 total births) through the 2020s (41) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maclyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~15 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, 2010–2025 (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 Maclyn 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.