Boys' name · since 1998
Mackinnon
Mackinnon has 107 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,981 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,002 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 107
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mackinnon currently ranks #7002 among boys' names in America, with 107 babies recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Mackinnon recorded 107 times among boys since 1998, holding rank #7002 nationally today, ahead of 50% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #16,981 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,002 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 107 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mackinnon ranks #16,981 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,002 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 107 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,981 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,002 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 107
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mackinnon's 107 recorded births place it above 62.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mackinnon compares
107 27th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mackinnon's all-time total is 71% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mackinnon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 107 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mackinnon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mackinnon's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mackinnon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Mackinnon by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (55 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Mackinnon's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Mackinnon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 55 births (51% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mackinnon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.