Mckell — girls' name
422 babies named Mckell in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
422 girls have been named Mckell since 1982, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2022.
- 422
- total births
- 1982–2022
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Mckell was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Mckell in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mckell
The Social Security Administration has registered 422 babies named Mckell between 1982 and 2022, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mckell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mckell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 210 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mckell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 295 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mckell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mckell 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 422 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.
Mckell at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mckell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1982
- Peak year (1995)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
422 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 29 births in a single year.
Mckell popularity over time — boys
13 total births recorded since 2004 (Mckell as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Mckell accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mckell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 210 births that decade — 50% of Mckell's all-time total
Mckell decade highlights
- Peak decade 210 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mckell's strongest decade
210 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Mckell by state
Where Mckell concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 295 | 69.9% |
295 of 422 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 69.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 69.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1982–2022 (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.