Recorded 1990–2017 Boys' name Peak 2005 198 births

Mckale — boys' name

198 babies named Mckale in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s332000s1172010s48
2000s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Mckale was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

16 babies were named Mckale in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Mckale

The Social Security Administration has registered 198 babies named Mckale between 1990 and 2017, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mckale currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mckale performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mckale shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mckale 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 198 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.

Mckale at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

198

Since 1990

28 years of records

Peak year

2005

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1990

Recorded for 28 years

Last year on file: 2017

Mckale popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1990

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2005)
16
Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
05101520 20172012200920062003199919931990 6

Mckale popularity over time — girls

6 total births recorded since 1995 (Mckale as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 6 births
6 1995 6

Mckale by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
117 births that decade — 59% of Mckale's all-time total
1990s332000s1172010s48

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mckale?
198 babies have been named Mckale since 1990. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2005 with 16 births.
When was Mckale most popular?
Mckale was most popular in the 2000s decade with 117 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Mckale been used?
Mckale has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 28 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Mckale?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mckinley, Mckay, Mckenzie, Mckade, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1990–2017 (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.