girls:
304 births since 1996
#5412 (5th percentile)
boys:
114 births since 1995
#4472 (2nd percentile)
overall:
418 births since 1995
#7321 (5th percentile)
The name Mccartney is the #7,321 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 418 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 5.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,412 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 304 births since 1996. For boys, it ranks #4,472 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 114 births since 1995.
Mccartney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for boys and 1996 for girls). Birth data for Mccartney is available in 26 out of the 28 years between 1995 and 2022 (25 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 Mccartney has been given predominantly to girls, with 72.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Mccartney were girls. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for boys (54.2% boys from 1995 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (74.4% girls from 2000 to 2022).
For girls, Mccartney reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #966) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Mccartney reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #869) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mccartney".
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