Unisex name · since 1993
Mclane
Mclane has 136 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,424 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,535 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 136
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mclane is the #8535 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 136 recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mclane has been recorded 136 times among boys since 1993, currently ranked #8535 nationally and more common than 39% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #15,424 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,535 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 136 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mclane ranks #15,424 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,535 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 136 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,424 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,535 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 136
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mclane's 136 recorded births place it above 66.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mclane compares
136 31st 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
Mclane's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mclane | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 136 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mclane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mclane's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mclane popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Mclane popularity over time - girls
15 total births recorded since 2013 (Mclane as girls' name)
Mclane by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (54 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Mclane's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Mclane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 54 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Mclane's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (54 total births) through the 2020s (27) -- 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 Mclane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Mclane 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.