Mccartney
Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon.
Meaning & Origin of Mccartney
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon.
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The Story of Mccartney
As a girl name
Mccartney first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1996, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 23 Mccartneys were born — ranking #5,954 that year. As of 2026, Mccartney ranks #10,241 for girls with 9 births, with steady use. In total, more than 313 Mccartneys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Mccartney first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1995, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 9 Mccartneys were born — ranking #7,638 that year. As of 2026, Mccartney ranks #12,301 for boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 119 Mccartneys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Mccartney
Mccartney is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 313 births in the dataset. Mccartney's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #5,954. Use the chart and map above to compare Mccartney'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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