Mckenna

#410 for girls in 2025, 758 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #9,585
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
2002 · 1,795 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
44,308
since 1972

Mckenna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mckenna has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202012peak #177, 2002girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#410758—
2024#375829—
2023#327941—
2022#2911,085—
2021#3181,024—
2020#2801,135—
2019#2871,153—
2018#2581,262—
2017#2541,255—
2016#2511,254—
2015#2491,305—
2014#2341,405—
2013#2161,471—
2012#2271,405—
2011#2391,333—
2010#2281,378—
2009#2161,505—
2008#2211,522—
2007#2271,554—
2006#2171,570#9,5857
2005#2111,657#11,4725
2004#2021,656#5,81313
2003#1931,695—
2002#1771,795#7,0559
2001#1941,693#9,2436
2000#1881,704#8,2097
1999#1981,571#5,31712
1998#2121,439#5,15912
1997#2261,330#4,96012
1996#2291,230#3,40620
1995#2591,066#1,95543
1994#382662#2,68527
1993#610376#8,7005
1992#588390—
1991#918209#8,2365
1990#1,193143—
1989#1,55191—
1988#1,44695—
1987#2,06553—
1986#1,78564—
1985#1,57576—
1984#2,51537—
1983#2,72132—
1982#2,11548—
1981#3,53223—
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1979#7,3138—
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1977#9,6525—
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five girls were named Mckenna! It came in at #8,292, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Mckenna is popular in 2012

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #145 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 384 girlsAKMaine: #218 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 732 girlsMEVermont: #73 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 195 girlsVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedNHWashington: #226 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 952 girlsWAIdaho: #214 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 707 girlsIDMontana: #98 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 305 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #102 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 313 girlsNDMinnesota: #118 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 511 girlsMNIllinois: #200 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 918 girlsILWisconsin: #128 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 536 girlsWIMichigan: #150 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 675 girlsMINew York: #261 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 1,247 girlsNYMassachusetts: #283 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,272 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedRIOregon: #188 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 742 girlsORNevada: #400 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,475 girlsNVWyoming: #59 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 165 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #129 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 373 girlsSDIowa: #223 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 895 girlsIAIndiana: #213 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 883 girlsINOhio: #158 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 679 girlsOHPennsylvania: #156 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 685 girlsPANew Jersey: #235 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,074 girlsNJConnecticut: #212 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 836 girlsCTCalifornia: #428 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 2,224 girlsCAUtah: #126 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 527 girlsUTColorado: #186 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 773 girlsCONebraska: #191 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 646 girlsNEMissouri: #164 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 690 girlsMOKentucky: #173 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 698 girlsKYWest Virginia: #183 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 661 girlsWVVirginia: #230 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,011 girlsVAMaryland: #217 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 927 girlsMDDelaware: #186 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 531 girlsDEArizona: #190 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 837 girlsAZNew Mexico: #183 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 644 girlsNMKansas: #179 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 693 girlsKSArkansas: #201 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 759 girlsARTennessee: #197 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 879 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #223 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 999 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #166 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 726 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #284 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,099 girlsOKLouisiana: #510 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,189 girlsLAMississippi: #518 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,127 girlsMSAlabama: #387 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,539 girlsALGeorgia: #219 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 1,007 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedHITexas: #419 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 2,056 girlsTXFlorida: #282 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 1,327 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wyoming#59 · 1 in 165
  2. Vermont#73 · 1 in 195
  3. Montana#98 · 1 in 305
  4. North Dakota#102 · 1 in 313
  5. Minnesota#118 · 1 in 511

Best ever in a state: #24 in Utah, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#5971 in 165
Vermont#7361 in 195
Montana#9891 in 305
North Dakota#10291 in 313
Minnesota#118471 in 511
Utah#126341 in 527
Wisconsin#128431 in 536
South Dakota#12981 in 373
Alaska#14561 in 384
Michigan#150611 in 675
Pennsylvania#156771 in 685
Ohio#158761 in 679
Missouri#164391 in 690
South Carolina#166241 in 726
Kentucky#173261 in 698
Kansas#179191 in 693
New Mexico#183111 in 644
West Virginia#183101 in 661
Colorado#186291 in 773
Delaware#18651 in 531
Oregon#188201 in 742
Arizona#190371 in 837
Nebraska#191121 in 646
Tennessee#197341 in 879
Illinois#200641 in 918
Arkansas#201151 in 759
Connecticut#212141 in 836
Indiana#213341 in 883
Idaho#21491 in 707
Maryland#217261 in 927
Maine#21851 in 732
Georgia#219471 in 1,007
Iowa#223141 in 895
North Carolina#223441 in 999
Washington#226321 in 952
Virginia#230361 in 1,011
New Jersey#235341 in 1,074
New York#261741 in 1,247
Florida#282601 in 1,327
Massachusetts#283201 in 1,272
Oklahoma#284151 in 1,099
Alabama#387121 in 1,539
Nevada#40071 in 1,475
Texas#419771 in 2,056
California#428941 in 2,224
Louisiana#51091 in 2,189
Mississippi#51851 in 2,127
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Mckenna
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 35 spots since 2024 (#375 → #410)
  • 130 spots since 2020 (#280 → #410)
  • 161 spots since 2015 (#249 → #410)
  • Biggest jump: 330 spots in 1992 (#918 → #588)
  • Biggest drop: 48 spots in 2024 (#327 → #375)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 2002 at #177 (1,795 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1991–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,001
  • Highest: 1 in 1,001 girls born in 2002 were named Mckenna (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,120 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 36.9% of all girls named Mckenna (16,351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s29#7,313 (1979)#8,367
1980s519#1,446 (1988)#2,145
1990s8,416#198 (1999)#482
2000s16,351#177 (2002)#205
2010s13,221#216 (2013)#244
2020s5,772#280 (2020)#334

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mckenna in 2012

girls
#227
1,405 births · 1 in 1,253 girls

Top girls' names in 2012

  1. #1Sophia22,336
  2. #2Emma20,976
  3. #3Isabella19,138
  4. #4Olivia17,333
  5. #5Ava15,549
  6. #6Emily13,666
  7. #7Abigail12,730
  8. #8Mia12,039
  9. #9Madison11,417
  10. #10Elizabeth9,730
  11. #227Mckenna1,405
More about 2012

girls

1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 1,253 of them was named Mckenna, which outranked 98.8% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mckenna
  1. #224Leilani1,415
  2. #225Luna1,414
  3. #226Angel1,408
  4. #227Mckenna1,405
  5. #228Genevieve1,390
  6. #229Makenna1,386
  7. #230Isla1,385
Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,327Cataleya#4,807 → #480
  2. ↑ 1,931Adley#2,664 → #733
  3. ↑ 917Litzy#1,515 → #598
  4. ↑ 784Kenia#1,427 → #643
  5. ↑ 580Monroe#1,531 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Jaden#979 → #1,408
  2. ↓ 365Payten#994 → #1,359
  3. ↓ 326Yamilet#925 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 316Shaniya#915 → #1,231
  5. ↓ 264Shania#898 → #1,162

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2012 →