Macallan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ma-KAL-an
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Macallan is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Allan”. In 2025 it ranked 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Macallan mean?
Scottish: Scottish surname MacAllan
“son of Allan”
Also the name of a well-known Speyside single malt Scotch whisky.
Is Macallan a girl's or a boy's name?
Macallan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Macallan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Macallan, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Macallan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Macallan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Nicknames for Macallan
- Mac 64 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Macallan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finnegan Cassian Declan Ronan Callahan Callan Lachlan Kayden Finn Raiden Deacon Rowan
Names related to Macallan
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Macallan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/macallan, updated 20 October 2026.