Mclane
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mih-KLAYN
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Mclane is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of the servant of St John”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Mclane mean?
Scottish: from the surname MacLean, Gaelic Mac Gille Eathain
“son of the servant of St John”
From the Scottish surname MacLean, Gaelic Mac Gille Eathain, 'son of the servant of St John'.
Is Mclane a girl's or a boy's name?
Mclane is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mclane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Mclane, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had more boys named Mclane than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Mclane in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mclane in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
Names like Mclane
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Kayden Brayden Ridge Aiden Declan Keegan Finnegan Ronan Deacon Finn Raiden
Names related to Mclane
More Scottish names
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, “Mclane: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mclane, updated 20 October 2026.