Mcdonald — boys' name

What the Data Says About Mcdonald

The Social Security Administration has registered 605 babies named Mcdonald between 1913 and 2000, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mcdonald currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mcdonald performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Mcdonald shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mcdonald in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mcdonald 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 605 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.