Mcguire
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- muh-GWY-er
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Mcguire is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “son of the dun-coloured one”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Mcguire mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname Mag Uidhir
“son of the dun-coloured one”
From the Irish surname Mag Uidhir; the Maguire family were lords of Fermanagh until the 17th century.
Is Mcguire a girl's or a boy's name?
Mcguire is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mcguire in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Mcguire, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2000, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Mcguire in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mcguire in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Mcguire
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden, Aiden, Finnegan, Finn, Declan, Keegan, Ronan, Kayden, Kian, Ridge, Teagan, Killian
Names related to Mcguire
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon, Cillian
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, “Mcguire: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mcguire, updated 20 October 2026.