Mccall
Son of the battle-chieftain or son of a powerful warrior.
Name Census estimates that about 1,203 living Americans carry the first name Mccall. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 89.9% of registrations being female. The average person named Mccall today is around 25 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Mccall births was 1993 (67 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Mccall. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
1.2K
~ 1 in 284,916 Americans
Peak year
1993
67 babies that year
Average age
25
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,232
Tracked since 1977
Census
Mccall in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,222 people with the first name Mccall, which placed it at #10,756 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#10,756
National first-name rank
People counted
1.2K
1,222 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
88.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Mccall
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Mccall is White at 88.0%. The next largest groups are Black (4.6%) and Two or More Races (3.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Mccall described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Mccall at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White88.0% · 1,075
- Black or African American4.6% · 56
- Two or more races3.4% · 42
- Hispanic or Latino3.0% · 37
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.0% · 12
Gender
Gender distribution for Mccall
Mccall leans heavily female at 89.9% of total registrations, but 125 boys have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Mccall as a male name
- Ranked #9,532 in 2024
- 8 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2023 (12 births)
Mccall as a female name
- Ranked #5,232 in 2024
- 25 female births in 2024
- Peak: 1993 (62 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Mccall leans strongly female. 1,041 people counted with this name were female (85.4%), compared with 178 male bearers (14.6%).
Popularity
Mccall: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Mccall from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 483 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Mccall by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Mccall during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Mccalls live
The SSA's state-level files cover 5 states and territories. Utah, California, Texas recorded the most babies named Mccall, while Georgia, Washington, Texas recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 77 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Mccall
The name Mccall is a Scottish surname that has been adopted as a masculine given name. Its origins can be traced back to the 13th century in the Scottish Highlands. It is derived from the Gaelic "Mac Cail" or "Mac Gille Cail," which means "son of the servant of Cail" or "son of the servant of the stranger." Cail is believed to be an ancient Scottish name related to the Gaelic word "coill," meaning "wood" or "forest."
In medieval Scotland, surnames often indicated a person's occupation, parentage, or place of origin. The prefix "Mac" signified "son of," and it was common for people to adopt surnames based on their father's name or profession. The name Mccall likely originated from a person whose father or ancestor worked as a servant or attendant to someone named Cail or had a connection with the woods or forests.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Mccall can be found in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland from the late 13th century, where it appeared as "MacGillecail." Over time, the name evolved into various spellings, including McCall, MacCall, and Mccall.
Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the name Mccall as their first name. One of the earliest was John Mccall (c. 1725-1812), a Scottish-American soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War and later became a frontier settler in Pennsylvania. Another prominent figure was Thomas Mccall (1834-1904), an American politician who served as the 22nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1895 to 1899.
In the realm of literature, Mccall Pasha (1815-1900), born Sefer Pasha Izzeddin, was an Ottoman diplomat and author of Scottish descent who wrote extensively about Ottoman history and culture. Samuel Walker Mccall (1851-1923) was an American politician and author who served as Governor of Massachusetts and wrote several books on legal and political topics.
One of the most famous individuals with the name Mccall was Almina Mccall (1876-1969), the Countess of Carnarvon, who was an English aristocrat and the wife of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon. She was instrumental in the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, as she helped finance the archaeological expedition led by Howard Carter.
People
Mccall + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Mccall as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with M
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Mccall: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Mccall?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,203 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Mccall going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 284,916 US residents.
Is Mccall a common name?
We classify Mccall as "Rare". It ranks above 91.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,236 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Mccall most popular?
The single biggest year for Mccall was 1993, when 67 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Mccall is about 25 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Mccall in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,222 people with the name Mccall, or 0.40 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #10,756 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Mccall in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Mccall?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Mccall leans strongly female. 1,041 people counted with this name were female (85.4%), compared with 178 male bearers (14.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Mccall?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Mccall is White at 88.0%. The next largest groups are Black (4.6%) and Two or More Races (3.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Mccall most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Mccall in the 2020 Census, accounting for 88.0% (1,075 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Mccall in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Mccall a female name?
Yes, 89.9% of people registered as Mccall in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Mccall still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Mccall in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Mccall can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Mccall?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.