Mckinnon — #10259 US boys' name
139 babies named Mckinnon in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Mckinnon was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Mckinnon in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mckinnon
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Mckinnon between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mckinnon currently holds the #10259 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Mckinnon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 2008.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mckinnon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mckinnon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mckinnon 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 139 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.
Mckinnon at a glance
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Current rank
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Mckinnon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (1995)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #10259 among boys.
139 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 9 births in a single year.
Mckinnon popularity over time — girls
16 total births recorded since 2008 (Mckinnon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Mckinnon accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mckinnon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 50 births that decade — 36% of Mckinnon's all-time total
Mckinnon decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mckinnon's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% 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, 1995–2024 (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.