Mcclain
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- mik-LAYN
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Mcclain is a name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of the servant of Saint John”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Mcclain mean?
Scottish: form of the surname Maclean, Gaelic Mac Gille Eathain
“son of the servant of Saint John”
Maclean is the surname of a Highland clan whose seat is Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.
Is Mcclain a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mcclain has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 20 boys in the US.
How popular is Mcclain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Mcclain, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918. 8 girls were also named Mcclain in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Mcclain in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mcclain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
Names like Mcclain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Kayden Keegan Declan Finnegan Aiden Finn Brody Ronan Deacon Cannon Raiden
Names related to Mcclain
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Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas
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, “Mcclain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mcclain, updated 20 October 2026.