girls:
1.1k births since 1977
#4631 (19th percentile)
boys:
117 births since 1991
#4469 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1977
#6538 (15th percentile)
The name Mccall is the #6,538 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,202 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 15.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,631 (19.0% percentile) for all time with 1,085 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #4,469 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 117 births since 1991.
Mccall first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 1991 for boys). Birth data for Mccall is available in 46 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (46 years for girls and 17 years for boys). 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 Mccall has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 90.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 55.6% of babies named Mccall were girls.
For girls, Mccall reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 6.6% percentile (ranked #808) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 31 births per million (ranked 6.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Mccall ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 27.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Mccall reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #904) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mccall is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #904 (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mccall".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Mccall. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.2% confident that Mccall is pronounced as muh-KAWL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mih-KAWL, at 9.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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