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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #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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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 2016

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #178 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 480 girlsAKMaine: #104 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 360 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedNHWashington: #230 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 974 girlsWAIdaho: #177 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 585 girlsIDMontana: #113 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 353 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #117 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 368 girlsNDMinnesota: #299 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,227 girlsMNIllinois: #270 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,281 girlsILWisconsin: #231 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 932 girlsWIMichigan: #228 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,052 girlsMINew York: #380 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,797 girlsNYMassachusetts: #206 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 910 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedRIOregon: #325 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,267 girlsORNevada: #282 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,116 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #150 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 442 girlsSDIowa: #176 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 684 girlsIAIndiana: #223 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 918 girlsINOhio: #176 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 789 girlsOHPennsylvania: #181 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 823 girlsPANew Jersey: #368 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,663 girlsNJConnecticut: #258 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,027 girlsCTCalifornia: #467 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 2,397 girlsCAUtah: #197 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 785 girlsUTColorado: #181 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 785 girlsCONebraska: #196 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 674 girlsNEMissouri: #200 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 798 girlsMOKentucky: #278 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,074 girlsKYWest Virginia: #89 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 340 girlsWVVirginia: #198 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 864 girlsVAMaryland: #250 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,045 girlsMDDelaware: #104 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 329 girlsDEArizona: #234 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,031 girlsAZNew Mexico: #316 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,056 girlsNMKansas: #204 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 788 girlsKSArkansas: #307 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,128 girlsARTennessee: #210 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 941 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #294 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,295 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #240 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 940 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mckenna, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #265 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,049 girlsOKLouisiana: #332 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,312 girlsLAMississippi: #222 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 792 girlsMSAlabama: #241 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 969 girlsALGeorgia: #230 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 981 girlsGAHawaii: #159 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 446 girlsHITexas: #336 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 1,690 girlsTXFlorida: #332 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,606 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#89 · 1 in 340
  2. Delaware#104 · 1 in 329
  3. Maine#104 · 1 in 360
  4. Montana#113 · 1 in 353
  5. North Dakota#117 · 1 in 368

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#89181 in 340
Delaware#10481 in 329
Maine#104101 in 360
Montana#11381 in 353
North Dakota#11791 in 368
South Dakota#15071 in 442
Hawaii#15971 in 446
Iowa#176191 in 684
Ohio#176661 in 789
Idaho#177111 in 585
Alaska#17851 in 480
Colorado#181301 in 785
Pennsylvania#181631 in 823
Nebraska#196121 in 674
Utah#197231 in 785
Virginia#198431 in 864
Missouri#200341 in 798
Kansas#204161 in 788
Massachusetts#206281 in 910
Tennessee#210331 in 941
Mississippi#222141 in 792
Indiana#223331 in 918
Michigan#228401 in 1,052
Georgia#230491 in 981
Washington#230331 in 974
Wisconsin#231251 in 932
Arizona#234301 in 1,031
South Carolina#240191 in 940
Alabama#241201 in 969
Maryland#250231 in 1,045
Connecticut#258121 in 1,027
Oklahoma#265161 in 1,049
Illinois#270451 in 1,281
Kentucky#278171 in 1,074
Nevada#282101 in 1,116
North Carolina#294351 in 1,295
Minnesota#299201 in 1,227
Arkansas#307101 in 1,128
New Mexico#31661 in 1,056
Oregon#325121 in 1,267
Florida#332541 in 1,606
Louisiana#332161 in 1,312
Texas#336991 in 1,690
New Jersey#368221 in 1,663
New York#380501 in 1,797
California#467851 in 2,397
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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 2016

girls
#251
1,254 births · 1 in 1,413 girls

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #251Mckenna1,254
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 1,413 of them was named Mckenna, which outranked 98.7% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mckenna
  1. #247Joanna1,274
  2. #249Noelle1,270
  3. #250Elliana1,267
  4. #251Mckenna1,254
  5. #252Rosalie1,252
  6. #253Gabriela1,249
  7. #254Kinley1,248
Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. 2,389Kehlani#3,254#865
  2. 612Royalty#1,146#534
  3. 481Saoirse#1,448#967
  4. 396Ophelia#978#582
  5. 364Aitana#915#551
Fallers
  1. 542Caitlin#610#1,152
  2. 451Caitlyn#598#1,049
  3. 397Katelynn#652#1,049
  4. 382Kaitlynn#989#1,371
  5. 340Neriah#946#1,286

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

See the top 100 for 2016