boys:
286 births since 1987
#4300 (6th percentile)
overall:
286 births since 1987
#7453 (4th percentile)
The name Maclean is the #7,453 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 286 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,300 (6.2% percentile) for all time with 286 births since 1987.
Maclean first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (first recorded for boys in 1987). Birth data for Maclean is available in 30 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Maclean reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #777) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Maclean ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 43.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maclean".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Maclean. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Maclean is pronounced as muhk-LAYN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muhk-LEEN, at 32.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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