Boys' name · since 1990
Mckale
Mckale has 198 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,035 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 198
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mckale is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 198 have been recorded since 1990.
Mckale has 198 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2017.
- #13,035 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 198 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mckale ranks #13,035 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 198 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,035 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 198
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mckale's 198 recorded births place it above 71.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mckale's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mckale's full recorded timeline at 2006, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mckale popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2017
- Peak year (2005)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Mckale popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 1995 (Mckale as girls' name)
Mckale by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (117 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Mckale's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Mckale births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s
2000s
117 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 117 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Mckale's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (117 total births) through the 2010s (48) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mckale: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
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, 1990–2017 (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 Mckale 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.