Macklan
Boy · MAK-lin · Irish
Macklan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “son of Lochlann”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Macklan mean?
Irish: spelling of Macklin; from the Gaelic surname Mac Lochlainn
“son of Lochlann”
An anglicised form of Mac Lochlainn, like McLaughlin; borne by the 18th-century Irish actor Charles Macklin.
- Say it
- MAK-lin
Meaning borrowed from Macklin. More on Wiktionary.
Is Macklan a girl's or a boy's name?
Macklan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Macklan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Macklan, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the boys named Macklan in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 302 boys in the US were given Macklan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #765, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
Macklan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
Nicknames for Macklan
- Mack 55 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Macklan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Macklan
Names related to Macklan
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