Maclain
Boy · mak-LAYN · Scottish
Maclain is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of the servant of John”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Maclain mean?
Scottish: spelling of the surname MacLean, Gaelic MacGill-Eain
“son of the servant of John”
A spelling of MacLean, the Highland clan whose seat is Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.
- Say it
- mak-LAYN
Is Maclain a girl's or a boy's name?
Maclain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maclain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Maclain, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had fewer boys named Maclain than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Maclain in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maclain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Nicknames for Maclain
- Mac 64 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maclain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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