Mckinley

#712 for girls in 2025, 393 births · #3,658 for boys in 2025, 30 births
Given to girls 57.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
2014 · 862 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,098
since 1978

Mckinley over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #379, 2014peak #137, 1896girlsboys
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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#712393#3,65830
2024#740381#4,32124
2023#635461#2,80545
2022#651453#2,67549
2021#543563#2,25362
2020#554536#2,19063
2019#512615#2,12967
2018#447718#2,47252
2017#437730#2,04968
2016#428759#2,06668
2015#379860#1,98373
2014#379862#1,97972
2013#391792#2,09064
2012#457682#1,77584
2011#450675#1,70387
2010#556526#1,91374
2009#755376#1,87377
2008#898309#2,18661
2007#1,019259#1,99570
2006#952274#1,75879
2005#1,050227#1,74276
2004#1,058219#1,49190
2003#1,171184#1,63077
2002#1,203169#1,33299
2001#1,187172#1,35794
2000#1,150176#1,214111
1999#1,315137#1,30393
1998#1,438119#1,32290
1997#1,78484#1,28489
1996#1,68590#1,27886
1995#2,02867#1,25686
1994#2,93540#1,28882
1993#2,99039#1,40768
1992#3,68029#1,42964
1991#6,25314#1,36868
1990#6,13114#1,50057
1989#6,53112#1,61549
1988#5,32115#1,73140
1987#5,31214#1,25960
1986#5,75712#1,51144
1985#9,3076#1,33352
1984#10,4225#1,58138
1983#10,2755#1,44843
1982#7,4698#1,56339
1981#1,33449
1980#9,0956#1,25854
1979#9,0106#1,46441
1978#9,7505#1,48739
1977#1,18755
1976#1,42739
1975#1,28045
1974#1,83225
1973#1,48533
1972#1,32740
1971#1,12753
1970#1,46233
1969#1,06453
1968#1,11945
1967#1,15042
1966#91663
1965#96758
1964#88974
1963#1,00557
1962#96762
1961#79392
1960#89272
1959#85479
1958#81585
1957#747101
1956#80486
1955#74596
1954#699107
1953#73196
1952#74091
1951#71993
1950#652114
1949#659109
1948#68098
1947#70297
1946#72382
1945#62992
1944#62397
1943#70383
1942#65296
1941#72373
1940#69775
1939#66779
1938#66082
1937#58497
1936#71969
1935#58398
1934#67880
1933#60194
1932#583103
1931#572106
1930#579107
1929#534119
1928#542127
1927#506144
1926#548123
1925#621102
1924#568125
1923#560123
1922#537136
1921#621105
1920#495148
1919#531125
1918#585108
1917#589102
1916#69074
1915#77660
1914#69754
1913#66745
1912#69238
1911#70720
1910#54627
1909#40836
1908#42232
1907#35139
1906#35035
1905#34635
1904#24260
1903#27845
1902#24258
1901#19177
1900#156133
1899#18972
1898#19179
1897#140115
1896#137121
1895#31034
1894#43919
1893#47915
1892#64111
1891#9635
1890#8147
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First appearance
1978

The first year at least five girls were named Mckinley! It came in at #9,750, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1981, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Mckinley
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#740#712)
  • 158 spots since 2020 (#554#712)
  • 333 spots since 2015 (#379#712)
  • Biggest jump: 199 spots in 2010 (#755#556)
  • Biggest drop: 108 spots in 2022 (#543#651)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1978
  • Peaked 2014 at #379 (862 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2008–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,072
  • Highest: 1 in 2,072 girls born in 2014 were named Mckinley (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,090 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 55.1% of all girls named Mckinley (7,219) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
  • Mostly boys until 1997, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s11#9,010 (1979)#9,380
1980s83#5,312 (1987)#7,721
1990s633#1,315 (1999)#3,024
2000s2,365#755 (2009)#1,044
2010s7,219#379 (2014)#444
2020s2,787#543 (2021)#639

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.

Mckinley in 2008

girls
#898
309 births · 1 in 6,120 girls
boys
#2,186
61 births · 1 in 33,445 boys

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #898Mckinley309

Top boys' names in 2008

  1. #1Jacob22,621
  2. #2Michael20,652
  3. #3Ethan20,223
  4. #4Joshua19,231
  5. #5Daniel19,032
  6. #6Alexander18,711
  7. #7Anthony18,417
  8. #8William18,403
  9. #9Christopher17,966
  10. #10Matthew17,604
  11. #2,186Mckinley61
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 6,120 of them was named Mckinley, which outranked 95.6% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mckinley
  1. #895Lailah310
  2. #895Magdalena310
  3. #895Yamilet310
  4. #898Mckinley309
  5. #898Jewel309
  6. #898Karli309
  7. #901Carina308
  8. #901Mira308
  9. #903Brynlee307

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. 9,375Dayami#10,129#754
  2. 4,524Allisson#4,944#420
  3. 1,019Alisson#1,804#785
  4. 851Milagros#1,579#728
  5. 807Mareli#1,530#723
Fallers
  1. 391Kelis#968#1,359
  2. 390Joselin#755#1,145
  3. 378Tyra#947#1,325
  4. 363Montana#932#1,295
  5. 337Allyssa#988#1,325

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

boys

2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 33,445 of them was named Mckinley, which outranked 85.1% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mckinley
  1. #2,161Trinity62
  2. #2,161Zaki62
  3. #2,161Zavian62
  4. #2,186Mckinley61
  5. #2,186Alain61
  6. #2,186Andon61
  7. #2,186Avian61
  8. #2,207Abhiram60
  9. #2,207Alen60
  10. #2,207Christain60

Tied with 20 names at #2,186; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. 2,801Urijah#3,687#886
  2. 1,035Jadiel#1,912#877
  3. 790Aaden#1,132#342
  4. 676Chace#1,337#661
  5. 500Marley#1,263#763
Fallers
  1. 688Kelan#977#1,665
  2. 286Talen#990#1,276
  3. 281Nery#901#1,182
  4. 250Kellan#883#1,133
  5. 250Efren#977#1,227

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

See the top 100 for 2008