Mcdonald
Recorded 1913–2000 · United States
Mcdonald was most popular in 1918, when 19 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,520 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 605 people named Mcdonald.
Mcdonald over time
How old is the name Mcdonald?
Mcdonald first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1913, which makes it about 112 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 61 of the 113 years since. It was last recorded in 2000.
How many people are named Mcdonald?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 605 American births named Mcdonald between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 224 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Mcdonald in 2025?
Mcdonald was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Mcdonald a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Mcdonald is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 605 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Mcdonald?
Roughly 224 Americans named Mcdonald are alive today — 37% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 71 years old, and half are between 61 and 77.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org