# Mclain name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/mclain
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Mclain ranked #6328 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #3300.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #6328
- Birth count: 14
- Rate per 10,000: 0.08

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Mcclain
- Rank: #3300
- Birth count: 34
- Rate per 10,000: 0.20
- Official count multiplier: 2.43x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.00
- Expected per school of 300: 0.00
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 0.1%

## Trend
- Label: recently peaked
- Peak rate year: 2025
- Best rank year: 1997
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 100.0%

## Spelling components
- Mcclain: 20 births
- Mclain: 14 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology