Recorded 1995–2016 Boys' name Peak 2007 105 births

Mccabe — boys' name

105 babies named Mccabe in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s272000s492010s29
2000s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Mccabe was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

10 babies were named Mccabe in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Mccabe

The Social Security Administration has registered 105 babies named Mccabe between 1995 and 2016, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mccabe currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mccabe performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mccabe shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mccabe 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 105 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.

Mccabe at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

105

Since 1995

22 years of records

Peak year

2007

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1995

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2016

Mccabe popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1995

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2007)
10
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
4681012 20162012200920062003200119981995 6

Mccabe by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
49 births that decade — 47% of Mccabe's all-time total
1990s272000s492010s29

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mccabe?
105 babies have been named Mccabe since 1995. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2007 with 10 births.
When was Mccabe most popular?
Mccabe was most popular in the 2000s decade with 49 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
How long has the name Mccabe been used?
Mccabe has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 22 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Mccabe?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mccoy, Mcclain, Mccrae, Mccall, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1995–2016 (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.