Macklyn
Macklyn is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:Macklyn Arbuckle (1866–1931), American screen and stage actor Macklyn Warlow, character in True Blood Allen Macklyn, character in Hands Across the Table Dr. Macklyn, character in Sick Abed
Meaning & Origin of Macklyn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Macklyn is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:Macklyn Arbuckle (1866–1931), American screen and stage actor Macklyn Warlow, character in True Blood Allen Macklyn, character in Hands Across the Table Dr. Macklyn, character in Sick Abed
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The Story of Macklyn
As a girl name
American parents first put Macklyn on the record books as a girl name in 2005, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 30 Macklyns were born — ranking #4,559 that year. About 53% of every Macklyn on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Macklyn ranks #5,805 for girls with 21 births, gradually falling (-9%). All told, over 299 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Macklyn on the record books as a boy name in 2015, with 12 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 12 Macklyns were born — ranking #6,673 that year. About 58% of every Macklyn on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Macklyn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 73 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Macklyn
Macklyn is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2005 and has accumulated 299 births in the dataset. Macklyn's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #4,559. Use the chart and map above to compare Macklyn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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