Maclyn — #16740 US unisex name
89 babies named Maclyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 5% of names given to girls today.
60% of everyone ever named Maclyn was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Maclyn in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maclyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Maclyn between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maclyn currently holds the #16740 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Maclyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 14 additional births since 1927.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maclyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Maclyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maclyn 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 89 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.
Maclyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Maclyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #16740 among girls.
89 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 13 births in a single year.
Maclyn popularity over time — boys
14 total births recorded since 1927 (Maclyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Maclyn accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Maclyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 53 births that decade — 60% of Maclyn's all-time total
Maclyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Maclyn's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2010–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.