Mckala — girls' name
230 babies named Mckala in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
230 girls have been named Mckala since 1993, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2010.
- 230
- total births
- 1993–2010
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Mckala was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Mckala in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mckala
The Social Security Administration has registered 230 babies named Mckala between 1993 and 2010, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mckala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mckala performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mckala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mckala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mckala 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 230 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.
Mckala at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mckala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1993
- Peak year (1997)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
230 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 30 births in a single year.
Mckala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 140 births that decade — 61% of Mckala's all-time total
Mckala decade highlights
- Peak decade 140 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mckala's strongest decade
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Mckala by state
Where Mckala concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 230 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 2.2% 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, 1993–2010 (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.