Girls' name · since 1996
Mckaylah
260 babies named Mckaylah in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 260
- total births
- 1996–2015
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
Mckaylah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 260 recorded since 1996.
Mckaylah has 260 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1996 to 2015.
- 260 total births
- 1996–2015 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 57% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mckaylah's 260 recorded births place it above 76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Mckaylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mckaylah's full recorded timeline at 2006, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mckaylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2015
- Peak year (2005)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Mckaylah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Mckaylah's strongest decade.
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Mckaylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 43
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
148 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 148 births (57% of all-time use).
Mckaylah by state
Where Mckaylah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 260 births nationwide.
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- Mckaylah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (148 total births) through the 2010s (69) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Mckaylahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1996–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mckaylah: Baby Name Since 1996 - 260 Births, Peak 2005." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mckaylah. 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 Mckaylah 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.