Unisex name · since 1995
Mckinnon
153 babies named Mckinnon in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,621 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,303 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 153
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mckinnon is the #6303 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 153 recorded since 1995.
Mckinnon has 153 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6303 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #14,621 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,303 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 153 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mckinnon ranks #14,621 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,303 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 153 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,621 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,303 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 153
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mckinnon's 153 recorded births place it above 67.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mckinnon compares
153 33rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mckinnon's all-time total is 59% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mckinnon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 153 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mckinnon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mckinnon's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mckinnon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Mckinnon popularity over time - girls
21 total births recorded since 2008 (Mckinnon as girls' name)
Mckinnon by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (50 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Mckinnon's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Mckinnon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 50 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mckinnon's data
- Mckinnon's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (50 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- 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 Mckinnon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Mckinnon 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.