Mccartney — #10620 US unisex name
313 babies named Mccartney in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Mccartney was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Mccartney in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mccartney
The Social Security Administration has registered 313 babies named Mccartney between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mccartney currently holds the #10620 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 23 babies received it in a single year. Mccartney is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 119 additional births since 1995.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mccartney performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mccartney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mccartney 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 313 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.
Mccartney at a glance
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Current rank
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Mccartney popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2008)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #10620 among girls.
313 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 23 births in a single year.
Mccartney popularity over time — boys
119 total births recorded since 1995 (Mccartney as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Mccartney accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mccartney by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 146 births that decade — 47% of Mccartney's all-time total
Mccartney decade highlights
- Peak decade 146 births
- Runner-up 119 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mccartney's strongest decade
146 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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, 1996–2024 (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.