# Macklin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/macklin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Maclin, Maklin, Macklyn, Maclyn, Maklyn |
| US babies named this | 2,577 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,529 / 48 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Irish Mac Gille Eoin.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 15,232 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,947 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12,008 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,958 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,837 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,936 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,264 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 2,574 |
| 2012 | 50 | 2,510 |
| 2013 | 65 | 2,081 |
| 2014 | 69 | 2,054 |
| 2015 | 89 | 1,735 |
| 2016 | 118 | 1,461 |
| 2017 | 124 | 1,412 |
| 2018 | 151 | 1,231 |
| 2019 | 170 | 1,147 |
| 2020 | 172 | 1,136 |
| 2021 | 175 | 1,150 |
| 2022 | 151 | 1,279 |
| 2023 | 130 | 1,411 |
| 2024 | 180 | 1,161 |
| 2025 | 228 | 998 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.