Maclin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAK-lin
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Maclin is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
Where does Maclin come from?
Scottish: surname, probably a form of Macklin or McLean
Is Maclin a girl's or a boy's name?
Maclin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maclin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,049th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Maclin, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Maclin in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 302 boys in the US were given Maclin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #765, up from #4,049 for this spelling alone.
Maclin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 39 | #2,979 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 40 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
Nicknames for Maclin
- Mac 64 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maclin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Callan, Cassian, Raiden, Lachlan, Finnegan, Declan, Ronan, Deacon, Odin, Finn, Aiden
Other spellings of Maclin
Names related to Maclin
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maclin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maclin, updated 20 October 2026.