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Mccall

Mostly girls · muh-KAWL · Scottish

Mccall is a name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Cathal”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).

What does Mccall mean?

Scottish: Scottish surname from Gaelic Mac Cathail

“son of Cathal”

From a Scottish surname meaning son of Cathal, an old Gaelic personal name.

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

In recent years, Mccall has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls and 9 boys in the US.

How popular is Mccall in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,986among girls
Babies in 2025
26about 1 in 62,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 56% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Mccall, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977. 9 boys were also named Mccall in 2025 (8,239th for boys).

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Mccall than any year since 2003.

Half of all the girls named Mccall in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 74% of the babies named Mccall in the US were girls.

1977Busiest: 62 in 19932025
Mccall in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202526#4,986
202425#5,145
202316#6,917
202212#8,536
202113#8,019
20208#11,085
201918#6,410
201817#6,788
201719#6,283
201622#5,794
201518#6,719
201417#6,985
201318#6,725
201219#6,573
201121#6,145
20108#12,270
200914#8,450
200814#8,525
200716#7,729
200619#6,590
200522#5,595
200415#7,386
200330#4,303
200226#4,617
200128#4,317
200039#3,399
199922#4,864
199840#3,113
199739#3,033
199645#2,710
199549#2,547
199452#2,427
199362#2,147
199252#2,454
199142#2,784
199036#3,073
198922#4,242
198841#2,592
198724#3,621
198618#4,344
198518#4,280
198414#4,965
198318#4,108
198213#5,207
198110#6,321
19808#7,417
19790–
19787#7,647
19775#9,650

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