Mckena — girls' name
411 babies named Mckena in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
411 girls have been named Mckena since 1990, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2019.
- 411
- total births
- 1990–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Mckena was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Mckena in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mckena
The Social Security Administration has registered 411 babies named Mckena between 1990 and 2019, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mckena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mckena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 199 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mckena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mckena 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 411 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.
Mckena at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mckena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1990
- Peak year (1996)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
411 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 26 births in a single year.
Mckena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 199 births that decade — 48% of Mckena's all-time total
Mckena decade highlights
- Peak decade 199 births
- Runner-up 136 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mckena's strongest decade
199 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1990–2019 (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.