Girls' name · since 1981
Mckensie
768 babies named Mckensie in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 768
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
768 girls have been named Mckensie since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mckensie has 768 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2023.
- #8,991 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 768 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mckensie ranks #8,991 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 768 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 768
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mckensie's 768 recorded births place it above 87.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Mckensie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mckensie splits its recorded history at 2003: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 48 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mckensie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2023
- Peak year (1997)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Mckensie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (325 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Mckensie's strongest decade.
325 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Mckensie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 58
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
325 births
- 2000s
2000s
243 births
- 2010s 129
2010s
129 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 325 births (42% of all-time use).
How Mckensie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mckensie's total volume
Mckensie by state
Where Mckensie concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #2 | Utah | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Washington | | 5 | 0.7% |
10 of 768 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Mckensie's decade-level peak was the 1990s (325 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Mckensies (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mckensie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1981–2023 (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 Mckensie 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.