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Macklyn

Mostly girls · MAK-lin · Modern

Macklyn is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).

Where does Macklyn come from?

Modern: blend of Mack and -lyn, or from the surname Macklin

Say it
MAK-lin

Is Macklyn a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Macklyn has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 6 boys in the US.

How popular is Macklyn in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,131among girls
Babies in 2025
15about 1 in 110,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Macklyn, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005. 6 boys were also named Macklyn in 2025 (10,690th for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Macklyn than any year since 2017.

Half of all the girls named Macklyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2021, 82% of the babies named Macklyn in the US were girls.

2005Busiest: 30 in 20182025
Macklyn in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202515#7,131
202421#5,796
202324#5,245
202221#5,790
202128#4,715
202022#5,483
201924#5,304
201830#4,560
201715#7,438
201622#5,794
201513#8,443
20146#14,552
201311#9,607
20128#12,193
20117#13,339
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20055#16,455

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