Mclain
Boy · mik-LAYN · Scottish
Mclain is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of the servant of Saint John”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Mclain mean?
Scottish: spelling of Mcclain, itself a 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.
- Say it
- mik-LAYN
Meaning borrowed from Mcclain.
Is Mclain a girl's or a boy's name?
Mclain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mclain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Mclain, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had the most boys named Mclain of any year since it first appeared, in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Mclain in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mclain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Names like Mclain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Kayden Keegan Aiden Finnegan Declan Brody Finn Ronan Deacon Cannon Raiden
Names related to Mclain
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas