Mclaren
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mih-KLAIR-un
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Mclaren is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Laurence”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Mclaren mean?
Scottish: from the clan name MacLaren
“son of Laurence”
From the Scottish clan name MacLaren, 'son of Laurence', also known through the McLaren motor-racing team.
Is Mclaren a girl's or a boy's name?
Mclaren is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Mclaren in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Mclaren, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005. 8 girls were also named Mclaren in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Mclaren in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mclaren in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
Names like Mclaren
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian, Finnegan, Kayden, Raiden, Aiden, Brayden, Braylen, Brecken, Rayden, Finn, Declan, Callan
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
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, “Mclaren: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mclaren, updated 20 October 2026.