Unisex name · since 1982
Mclain
Mclain has 231 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,125 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,255 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 231
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mclain currently ranks #6255 among unisex names in America, with 231 babies recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Mclain recorded 231 times among boys since 1982, holding rank #6255 nationally today, ahead of 55% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #12,125 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,255 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 231 born since 1982
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mclain ranks #12,125 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,255 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 231 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,125 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,255 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 231
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mclain's 231 recorded births place it above 73.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mclain compares
231 40th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mclain's all-time total is 37% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mclain | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 231 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mclain's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mclain's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mclain popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Mclain popularity over time - girls
19 total births recorded since 1996 (Mclain as girls' name)
Mclain by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (73 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Mclain's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Mclain births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
73 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 73 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Mclain's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (73 total births) through the 2020s (32) -- 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 Mclain: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Mclain 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.