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
#379
2014 · 862 births
Debut · girls
1978
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #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
all girlsall boys
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 2014

girls
#379
862 births · 1 in 2,072 girls
boys
#1,979
72 births · 1 in 26,679 boys

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #379Mckinley862

Top boys' names in 2014

  1. #1Noah19,344
  2. #2Liam18,488
  3. #3Mason17,225
  4. #4Jacob16,923
  5. #5William16,851
  6. #6Ethan15,749
  7. #7Michael15,505
  8. #8Alexander15,449
  9. #9James14,464
  10. #10Daniel13,961
  11. #1,979Mckinley72
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 2,072 of them was named Mckinley, which outranked 98.0% of the 19,232 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. #375Macie868
  2. #377Esmeralda867
  3. #378Lia864
  4. #379Mckinley862
  5. #380Addyson858
  6. #380Averie858
  7. #380Kamryn858
Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
  2. ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
  3. ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
  4. ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
  5. ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Miley#386 → #787
  2. ↓ 345Karly#988 → #1,333
  3. ↓ 318Britney#838 → #1,156
  4. ↓ 239Kaya#761 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 235Rihanna#938 → #1,173

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

boys

1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 26,679 of them was named Mckinley, which outranked 85.9% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mckinley
  1. #1,959Shlok73
  2. #1,959Sloan73
  3. #1,959Zyion73
  4. #1,979Mckinley72
  5. #1,979Ayush72
  6. #1,979Azaiah72
  7. #1,979Burke72
  8. #2,000Advik71
  9. #2,000Barron71
  10. #2,000Brennon71

Tied with 20 names at #1,979; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 645Bode#1,427 → #782
  2. ↑ 624Axl#1,459 → #835
  3. ↑ 427Gannon#841 → #414
  4. ↑ 326Bodie#1,305 → #979
  5. ↑ 316Royal#886 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 291Bently#897 → #1,188
  2. ↓ 261Damion#849 → #1,110
  3. ↓ 249Amare#598 → #847
  4. ↓ 241Isiah#816 → #1,057
  5. ↓ 241Jesiah#999 → #1,240

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →