Unisex name · since 1991
Mccauley
Mccauley has 94 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,838 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 94
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mccauley sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 94 recorded since 1991.
Mccauley has 94 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2024.
- #17,838 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 94 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mccauley ranks #17,838 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 94 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,838 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 94
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mccauley's 94 recorded births place it above 60.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mccauley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mccauley splits its recorded history at 1999: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mccauley popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2024
- Peak year (1993)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Mccauley popularity over time - girls
21 total births recorded since 1992 (Mccauley as girls' name)
Mccauley by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (61 births, 65% of the file).
1990s was Mccauley's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Mccauley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
61 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 61 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Mccauley's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (61 total births) through the 2020s (23) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Mccauley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1991–2024 (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 Mccauley 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.