Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Maclin isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maclin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 443
- 432 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #4,099 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 26 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,099 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 29.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 42 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 371 as a first name in 2020; 2,599 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maclin’s family of names
In English usage, Maclin has a related form in Macklin. In English usage, Maclin has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Маклин.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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