Unisex name · since 2005
Mckinney
Mckinney has 38 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 38
- total births
- 2005–2020
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
38 girls have been named Mckinney since 2005, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mckinney has been recorded 38 times among girls since 2005, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2020.
- 38 total births
- 2005–2020 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mckinney's 38 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mckinney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mckinney's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mckinney popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2020
- Peak year (2005)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Mckinney popularity over time - boys
35 total births recorded since 1917 (Mckinney as boys' name)
Mckinney by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Mckinney's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Mckinney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 21 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Mckinney's decade-level peak was the 2010s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2005–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mckinney: Baby Name Since 2005 - 38 Births, Peak 2005." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mckinney. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mckinney 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 July 2026.