Mccartney
Mostly girls · muh-KART-nee · Scottish
Mccartney is a name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Artan”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Mccartney mean?
Scottish: Scottish and Ulster surname, from Gaelic Mac Artaine
“son of Artan”
Paul McCartney of the Beatles is the best-known bearer of the surname.
- Say it
- muh-KART-nee
Is Mccartney a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mccartney has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Mccartney in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Mccartney, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996. 5 boys were also named Mccartney in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Mccartney in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mccartney in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Mccartney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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