Girls' name · since 1996
Mckaley
21 babies named Mckaley in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 21
- total births
- 1996–1998
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
21 girls have been named Mckaley since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Mckaley recorded 21 times among girls since 1996, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 1998.
- 21 total births
- 1996–1998 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mckaley's 21 recorded births place it above 37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mckaley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mckaley's full recorded timeline at 1997, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mckaley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1998
- Peak year (1997)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Mckaley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Mckaley's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Mckaley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 21 births (100% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1996–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mckaley: Baby Name Since 1996 - 21 Births, Peak 1997." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mckaley. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mckaley 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 July 2026.