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Maclain

99% boys · 6 born in 2025

Maclain has been given to about 424 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2007, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 406
Median age today19 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Maclain per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2007 · 22
  • Born in 20256
  • All time424

How popular is Maclain?

Its best year was 2007, when 22 babies were given the name, ranking 4454th. The typical living American called Maclain is about 19 years old today.

Names that sound like Maclain

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Marlin0.74
  2. Adrain0.68
  3. Makai0.66
  4. Martin0.63
  5. Marvin0.63
  6. Calvin0.63
  7. Alvin0.63
  8. Jaylin0.63

Middle names for Maclain

Ranked by flow score
  1. Maclain Paul0.77
  2. Maclain John0.77
  3. Maclain Lee0.77
  4. Maclain Dean0.76
  5. Maclain Blake0.76
  6. Maclain Bryce0.76

Sibling names for Maclain

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Tracebrother · 0.80
  2. Palomasister · 0.79
  3. Hanasister · 0.79
  4. Hallesister · 0.79
  5. Alonsobrother · 0.78
  6. Blazebrother · 0.77

Where Maclain is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Maclain Anderson0.77
    2. Maclain Reyes0.72
    3. Maclain Lee0.72
    4. Maclain Hall0.72
    5. Maclain Green0.72
    6. Maclain Brown0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Maclain

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.