# McCarty (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccarty/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 36,944 |
| US rank (2010) | 939 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,357 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (35,718 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈkɑɹ.ti/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Maccarty, Macarty, Carty |

## Etymology

Southern Irish variant of McCarthy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCarty in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCarty in the United States.

## People named McCarty

- Kelli McCarty, American actress and model
- Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist (1911-2005)
- Dax McCarty, American soccer player
- Kelly McCarty, American-Russian basketball player (born 1975)
- Walter McCarty, American basketball player-coach
- Daniel T. McCarty, American politician (1912-1953)
- Billy the Kid, American outlaw and gunfighter (1859–1881)
- Anne Braden, American activist (1924–2006)

## Similar surnames

McCord, McCurdy, McCready, McCourt, McCart, McGarity, McCrady, McCreight, McGarrity, McGourty, McCarthy, McCartney.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.