Given name & surname
Mccrae
“son of grace”
McCrae is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
McCrae is a form of McRae. McRae goes back to Scottish Gaelic Mac Raith, meaning “son of grace.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
McCrae is a form of McRae. McRae comes from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mccrae through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 222
- 217 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,686 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,686 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 as a first name in 2020; 2,716 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.
Mccrae’s family of names
In English usage, Mccrae as a surname has a related form in McRae.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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