Mckinly — unisex name
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.
The verdict
30 girls have been named Mckinly since 2004, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2012.
- 30
- total births
- 2004–2012
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Mckinly was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Mckinly in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mckinly
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Mckinly between 2004 and 2012, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mckinly currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Mckinly is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1919.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mckinly performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mckinly shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mckinly 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 30 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.
Mckinly at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mckinly popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2004
- Peak year (2012)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
30 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 8 births in a single year.
Mckinly popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1919 (Mckinly as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Mckinly accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mckinly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 17 births that decade — 57% of Mckinly's all-time total
Mckinly decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mckinly's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 2004–2012 (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.