Mckaela — girls' name
299 babies named Mckaela in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
299 girls have been named Mckaela since 1993, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2017.
- 299
- total births
- 1993–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Mckaela was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Mckaela in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mckaela
The Social Security Administration has registered 299 babies named Mckaela between 1993 and 2017, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mckaela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mckaela performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mckaela shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mckaela in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mckaela 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 299 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.
Mckaela at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mckaela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1993
- Peak year (2010)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
299 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 37 births in a single year.
Mckaela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 112 births that decade — 37% of Mckaela's all-time total
Mckaela decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mckaela's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Mckaela by state
Where Mckaela concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 299 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1993–2017 (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.