Mackenley — unisex name
10 babies named Mackenley in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Mackenley was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Mackenley in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mackenley
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Mackenley between 2000 and 2021, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mackenley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Mackenley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2024.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mackenley performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mackenley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mackenley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mackenley at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mackenley popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2000
- Peak year (2000)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
10 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 5 births in a single year.
Mackenley popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2024 (Mackenley as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Mackenley accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mackenley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Mackenley's all-time total
Mackenley decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mackenley's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.