Girls' name · since 1990
Mckena
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 411 babies named Mckena, peaking in 1996. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,297 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 411
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mckena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 411 recorded since 1990.
Mckena has 411 recorded births among girls since 1990, 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 1990 to 2019.
- #13,297 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 411 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mckena ranks #13,297 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 411 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,297 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 411
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mckena's 411 recorded births place it above 81.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mckena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mckena splits its recorded history at 2004: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mckena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2019
- Peak year (1996)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Mckena by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (199 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Mckena's strongest decade.
199 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Mckena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1990s
1990s
136 births
- 2000s
2000s
199 births
- 2010s 76
2010s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 199 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Mckena's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (199 total births) through the 2010s (76) -- 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 Mckena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1990–2019 (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 Mckena 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.