Unisex name · since 2004
Mckinly
30 babies named Mckinly in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,006 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mckinly is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 30 have been recorded since 2004.
Social Security Administration records show Mckinly recorded 30 times among girls since 2004, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2012.
- #41,006 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 2004
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mckinly ranks #41,006 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 2004, peaking in the 2000s.
- #41,006 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mckinly's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mckinly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mckinly's full recorded timeline at 2009, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mckinly popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2012
- Peak year (2012)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Mckinly popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1919 (Mckinly as boys' name)
Mckinly by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (17 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Mckinly's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Mckinly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 17 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Mckinly's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 2010s (13) -- 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 Mckinly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2004–2012 (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 Mckinly 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.