Mcclain
Masculine
Mcclain is given to both — 494 boys and 92 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Mcclain entered the US charts in 1918, peaked at #3714 in 1951, ranks #4857 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Mcclain?
Mcclain first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Mcclain alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 500 people named Mcclain are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mcclain most popular?
Mcclain peaked in 1951, reaching #3714 nationally. Today it ranks #4857, 1,143 places below that high. See the whole 1951 chart.
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1918
- Most boys named
- 202221 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3714reached in 1951
- Change vs 2024
- +17.6%20 in 2025, from 17
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Mcclains among us
people named Mcclain are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 85,404 born in 2025 was named Mcclain
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Mcclain
- #4857
- Mcclain on the 2025 chart
- #894
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Mcclain went to 20 boys in 2025, but Mclain is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 34, which makes it the 894th most-given boys’ name of the year — 3,963 places above the chart.
- Mcclain20
- Mclain14
About 1 boy in 50,238 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 85,404 for Mcclain itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
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What happens to a name after it peaks
The Hendry test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mcclain's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Hendry climbed just as high around 1926, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Hendry's path sketches the road Mcclain is walking now.
Mcclain sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Mcclain beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mcclain in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mcclains are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Mcclain are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Mcclain?
- Mcclain is the most-used spelling in US records — 20 of the 34 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Mclain.
- How popular is the name Mcclain in 2025?
- Mcclain ranks #4857 among US boy names in 2025, with 20 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mcclain?
- About 1 in every 85,404 US boys born in 2025 was named Mcclain — 20 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mcclain with classmates?
- Mcclain will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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