Maclan
Boy · MAK-lin · Scottish
Maclan is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
Where does Maclan come from?
Scottish: spelling of Maclin; surname, probably a form of Macklin or McLean
- Say it
- MAK-lin
Meaning borrowed from Maclin.
Is Maclan a girl's or a boy's name?
Maclan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maclan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Maclan, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Maclan in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 302 boys in the US were given Maclan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #765, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Maclan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
Nicknames for Maclan
- Mac 64 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maclan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Callan Finnegan Declan Ronan Lachlan Cassian Kayden Raiden Deacon Callahan Finn Kellan
Other spellings of Maclan
Names related to Maclan
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