Unisex name · since 1923
Mclean
Mclean has 348 recorded births since 1923 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,786 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 348
- born since 1923
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mclean is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 348 have been recorded since 1923.
Mclean has 348 recorded births among boys since 1923, 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 1923 to 2024.
- #9,786 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 348 born since 1923
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mclean ranks #9,786 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 348 born since 1923, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,786 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 348
- born since 1923
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mclean's 348 recorded births place it above 78.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mclean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mclean splits its recorded history at 1998: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mclean popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2024
- Peak year (1996)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Mclean popularity over time - girls
21 total births recorded since 1998 (Mclean as girls' name)
Mclean by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (93 births, 27% of the file).
1990s was Mclean's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Mclean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1970s 30
1970s
30 births
- 1980s
1980s
80 births
- 1990s
1990s
93 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 93 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Mclean's decade-level peak was the 1990s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mclean: 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 (~101 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, 1923–2024 (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 Mclean 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.