Macklin
Boy · MAK-lin · Irish
Macklin is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “son of Lochlann”. In 2025 it ranked 998th for boys in the US (228 babies).
What does Macklin mean?
Irish: 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
More on Wiktionary.
Is Macklin a girl's or a boy's name?
Macklin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 228 boys in the US.
How popular is Macklin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #998among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 228about 1 in 7,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 228 boys in the US were named Macklin, making it the 998th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,134th. It first appears in the records in 1922. 6 girls were also named Macklin in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Macklin of any year since it first appeared, in 1922.
Half of all the boys named Macklin in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 302 boys in the US were given Macklin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #765, up from #998 for this spelling alone.
Macklin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 228 | #998 |
| 2024 | 180 | #1,160 |
| 2023 | 130 | #1,408 |
| 2022 | 151 | #1,278 |
| 2021 | 175 | #1,148 |
| 2020 | 172 | #1,134 |
| 2019 | 170 | #1,144 |
| 2018 | 151 | #1,228 |
| 2017 | 124 | #1,408 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,456 |
| 2015 | 89 | #1,729 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,043 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,487 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,546 |
| 2010 | 48 | #2,555 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
Nicknames for Macklin
- Mack 55 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Macklin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Macklin
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