Mckinnley — #7044 US unisex name
494 babies named Mckinnley in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Mckinnley was born in this single decade.
42 babies were named Mckinnley in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mckinnley
The Social Security Administration has registered 494 babies named Mckinnley between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mckinnley currently holds the #7044 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 42 babies received it in a single year. Mckinnley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 72 additional births since 1995.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mckinnley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 280 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mckinnley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mckinnley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mckinnley 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 494 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.
Mckinnley at a glance
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Current rank
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Mckinnley popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2011)
- 42
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #7044 among girls.
494 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 42 births in a single year.
Mckinnley popularity over time — boys
72 total births recorded since 1995 (Mckinnley as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Mckinnley accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mckinnley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 280 births that decade — 57% of Mckinnley's all-time total
Mckinnley decade highlights
- Peak decade 280 births
- Runner-up 117 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mckinnley's strongest decade
280 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Mckinnley by state
Where Mckinnley concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 494 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1994–2024 (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.