Mclean
Boy · muh-KLAYN · Scottish
Mclean is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of the servant of Saint John”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mclean mean?
Scottish: Scottish surname, from Gaelic Mac Gille Eathain
“son of the servant of Saint John”
Clan Maclean is a Highland clan whose historic seat is Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.
- Say it
- muh-KLAYN
Is Mclean a girl's or a boy's name?
Mclean is a boys' name.
How popular is Mclean in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923.
Half of all the boys named Mclean in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mclean in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
Nicknames for Mclean
- Mac 64 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mclean
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Brayden Brody Brennan Aiden Kayden Declan Logan Cannon Kenan Deacon Braden
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