Mc

Boy · recorded 1912–1999

  • 1999last recorded
  • 1912best year

Most popular in 1912.

Last recorded in 1999. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Mc.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1912

071419121934195619771999

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 33 recorded years as a table
Mc, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191214
19156
19166
19175
19187
19195
19215
19226
192310
19244
19256
19266
192810
19316
19325
19335
19347
19356
19385
193912
19415
19426
19435
19444
19473
19904
19913
19933
19945
19963
19976
19984
19994

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mc isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1999
7
Rank in 1999
#7,874
How rare
1 in 274,307 boys
Since 1912
227

Mc was last recorded in 1999. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1912, at 14 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Mc doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.