Mclean — #9068 US boys' name
348 babies named Mclean in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
27% of everyone ever named Mclean was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Mclean in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mclean
The Social Security Administration has registered 348 babies named Mclean between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mclean currently holds the #9068 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Mclean is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 21 additional births since 1998.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mclean performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Mclean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mclean 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 348 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.
Mclean at a glance
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Current rank
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Mclean popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1923
- Peak year (1996)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 102 years of records
Currently ranks #9068 among boys.
348 total births across 102 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 16 births in a single year.
Mclean popularity over time — girls
21 total births recorded since 1998 (Mclean as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Mclean accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mclean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 93 births that decade — 27% of Mclean's all-time total
Mclean decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mclean's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% 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, 1923–2024 (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.