girls:
209 births since 1989
#5507 (4th percentile)
boys:
227 births since 1912
#4359 (5th percentile)
overall:
436 births since 1912
#7303 (6th percentile)
The name Mc is the #7,303 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 436 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 5.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,359 (4.9% percentile) for all time with 227 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,507 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 209 births since 1989.
Mc first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1989 for girls). Birth data for Mc is available in 42 out of the 94 years between 1912 and 2005 (33 years for boys and 16 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 Mc is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2005, 100.0% of babies named Mc were girls. Interestingly, until around 1992, the name was more popular for boys (92.8% boys from 1912 to 1991), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (80.9% girls from 1992 to 2005).
For boys, Mc reached its peak popularity in 1939, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #514) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 13 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1999.
For girls, Mc reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #863) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mc".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Mc. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.3% confident that Mc is pronounced as muhk, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mihk, at 26.8% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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