Mckenna

#410 for girls in 2025, 758 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #9,585
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
2002 · 1,795 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
44,308
since 1972

Mckenna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mckenna has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #177, 2002girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#410758
2024#375829
2023#327941
2022#2911,085
2021#3181,024
2020#2801,135
2019#2871,153
2018#2581,262
2017#2541,255
2016#2511,254
2015#2491,305
2014#2341,405
2013#2161,471
2012#2271,405
2011#2391,333
2010#2281,378
2009#2161,505
2008#2211,522
2007#2271,554
2006#2171,570#9,5857
2005#2111,657#11,4725
2004#2021,656#5,81313
2003#1931,695
2002#1771,795#7,0559
2001#1941,693#9,2436
2000#1881,704#8,2097
1999#1981,571#5,31712
1998#2121,439#5,15912
1997#2261,330#4,96012
1996#2291,230#3,40620
1995#2591,066#1,95543
1994#382662#2,68527
1993#610376#8,7005
1992#588390
1991#918209#8,2365
1990#1,193143
1989#1,55191
1988#1,44695
1987#2,06553
1986#1,78564
1985#1,57576
1984#2,51537
1983#2,72132
1982#2,11548
1981#3,53223
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five girls were named Mckenna! It came in at #8,292, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Mckenna is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #164 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 449 girlsAKMaine: #92 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 312 girlsMEVermont: #92 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 222 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #129 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 437 girlsNHWashington: #256 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,109 girlsWAIdaho: #211 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 702 girlsIDMontana: #142 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 392 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #146 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 437 girlsNDMinnesota: #112 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 488 girlsMNIllinois: #317 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,462 girlsILWisconsin: #190 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 779 girlsWIMichigan: #169 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 764 girlsMINew York: #343 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 1,600 girlsNYMassachusetts: #233 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,008 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedRIOregon: #152 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 580 girlsORNevada: #384 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,548 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #123 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 386 girlsSDIowa: #181 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 692 girlsIAIndiana: #250 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,038 girlsINOhio: #151 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 700 girlsOHPennsylvania: #160 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 731 girlsPANew Jersey: #253 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,124 girlsNJConnecticut: #273 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,070 girlsCTCalifornia: #567 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 2,966 girlsCAUtah: #328 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,312 girlsUTColorado: #198 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 838 girlsCONebraska: #164 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 604 girlsNEMissouri: #215 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 896 girlsMOKentucky: #203 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 813 girlsKYWest Virginia: #89 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 345 girlsWVVirginia: #185 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 838 girlsVAMaryland: #321 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,293 girlsMDDelaware: #184 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 506 girlsDEArizona: #233 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,002 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedNMKansas: #291 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,090 girlsKSArkansas: #227 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 864 girlsARTennessee: #285 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,177 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #160 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 769 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #202 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 807 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #285 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,125 girlsOKLouisiana: #424 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,657 girlsLAMississippi: #150 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 575 girlsMSAlabama: #345 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,370 girlsALGeorgia: #269 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,178 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedHITexas: #427 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 2,104 girlsTXFlorida: #355 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,685 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#89 · 1 in 345
  2. Vermont#92 · 1 in 222
  3. Maine#92 · 1 in 312
  4. Minnesota#112 · 1 in 488
  5. South Dakota#123 · 1 in 386

Best ever in a state: #24 in Utah, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#89171 in 345
Maine#92111 in 312
Vermont#9251 in 222
Minnesota#112491 in 488
South Dakota#12381 in 386
New Hampshire#12981 in 437
Montana#14271 in 392
North Dakota#14671 in 437
Mississippi#150191 in 575
Ohio#151741 in 700
Oregon#152251 in 580
North Carolina#160591 in 769
Pennsylvania#160701 in 731
Alaska#16451 in 449
Nebraska#164131 in 604
Michigan#169541 in 764
Iowa#181181 in 692
Delaware#18451 in 506
Virginia#185431 in 838
Wisconsin#190291 in 779
Colorado#198271 in 838
South Carolina#202221 in 807
Kentucky#203221 in 813
Idaho#21191 in 702
Missouri#215291 in 896
Arkansas#227131 in 864
Arizona#233301 in 1,002
Massachusetts#233251 in 1,008
Indiana#250291 in 1,038
New Jersey#253321 in 1,124
Washington#256281 in 1,109
Georgia#269401 in 1,178
Connecticut#273111 in 1,070
Oklahoma#285141 in 1,125
Tennessee#285261 in 1,177
Kansas#291111 in 1,090
Illinois#317381 in 1,462
Maryland#321181 in 1,293
Utah#328131 in 1,312
New York#343551 in 1,600
Alabama#345141 in 1,370
Florida#355511 in 1,685
Nevada#38471 in 1,548
Louisiana#424121 in 1,657
Texas#427761 in 2,104
California#567661 in 2,966
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Mckenna
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 35 spots since 2024 (#375#410)
  • 130 spots since 2020 (#280#410)
  • 161 spots since 2015 (#249#410)
  • Biggest jump: 330 spots in 1992 (#918#588)
  • Biggest drop: 48 spots in 2024 (#327#375)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 2002 at #177 (1,795 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1991–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,001
  • Highest: 1 in 1,001 girls born in 2002 were named Mckenna (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,120 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 36.9% of all girls named Mckenna (16,351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s29#7,313 (1979)#8,367
1980s519#1,446 (1988)#2,145
1990s8,416#198 (1999)#482
2000s16,351#177 (2002)#205
2010s13,221#216 (2013)#244
2020s5,772#280 (2020)#334

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mckenna in 2017

girls
#254
1,255 births · 1 in 1,376 girls

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #254Mckenna1,255
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,376 of them was named Mckenna, which outranked 98.6% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mckenna
  1. #251Delaney1,266
  2. #251Vivienne1,266
  3. #253Camille1,264
  4. #254Mckenna1,255
  5. #255Gemma1,254
  6. #256Olive1,253
  7. #257Alexandria1,249
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 1,443Ensley#2,412#969
  2. 1,020Oaklynn#1,908#888
  3. 842Dream#1,667#825
  4. 749Oaklyn#1,425#676
  5. 717Melania#1,649#932
Fallers
  1. 263Julianne#919#1,182
  2. 243Milania#947#1,190
  3. 240Wendy#858#1,098
  4. 238Montserrat#808#1,046
  5. 224Nathaly#930#1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017