girls:
42 births since 2017
#5674 (1st percentile)
boys:
2.1k births since 1922
#2735 (40th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1922
#5629 (27th percentile)
The name Macklin is the #5,629 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,159 recorded births since 1922. This represents the 27.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,735 (40.3% percentile) for all time with 2,117 births since 1922. For girls, it ranks #5,674 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 42 births since 2017.
Macklin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1922 (1922 for boys and 2017 for girls). Birth data for Macklin is available in 46 out of the 102 years between 1922 and 2023 (46 years for boys and 6 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Macklin has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.8% of babies named Macklin were boys.
For boys, Macklin reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 18.6% percentile (ranked #734) with 93 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 93 births per million (ranked 18.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2003, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Macklin ranks #789 for boys (13.4% percentile) with 69 births per million, which is 74.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Macklin reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #942) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Macklin ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 89.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Macklin".
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