Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Maclyn 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 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maclyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 108
- 14 boys · 94 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,349 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,349 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 22.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 204 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maclyn’s family of names
In English usage, Maclyn has a related form in Macklin.
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.
People named Maclyn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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