Mckinley
- #712 for girls in 2025, 393 births
- #3,658 for boys in 2025, 30 births
- Given to girls 57.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2014 · 862 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,098since 1978
Mckinley over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #712 | 393 | #3,658 | 30 |
| 2024 | #740 | 381 | #4,321 | 24 |
| 2023 | #635 | 461 | #2,805 | 45 |
| 2022 | #651 | 453 | #2,675 | 49 |
| 2021 | #543 | 563 | #2,253 | 62 |
| 2020 | #554 | 536 | #2,190 | 63 |
| 2019 | #512 | 615 | #2,129 | 67 |
| 2018 | #447 | 718 | #2,472 | 52 |
| 2017 | #437 | 730 | #2,049 | 68 |
| 2016 | #428 | 759 | #2,066 | 68 |
| 2015 | #379 | 860 | #1,983 | 73 |
| 2014 | #379 | 862 | #1,979 | 72 |
| 2013 | #391 | 792 | #2,090 | 64 |
| 2012 | #457 | 682 | #1,775 | 84 |
| 2011 | #450 | 675 | #1,703 | 87 |
| 2010 | #556 | 526 | #1,913 | 74 |
| 2009 | #755 | 376 | #1,873 | 77 |
| 2008 | #898 | 309 | #2,186 | 61 |
| 2007 | #1,019 | 259 | #1,995 | 70 |
| 2006 | #952 | 274 | #1,758 | 79 |
| 2005 | #1,050 | 227 | #1,742 | 76 |
| 2004 | #1,058 | 219 | #1,491 | 90 |
| 2003 | #1,171 | 184 | #1,630 | 77 |
| 2002 | #1,203 | 169 | #1,332 | 99 |
| 2001 | #1,187 | 172 | #1,357 | 94 |
| 2000 | #1,150 | 176 | #1,214 | 111 |
| 1999 | #1,315 | 137 | #1,303 | 93 |
| 1998 | #1,438 | 119 | #1,322 | 90 |
| 1997 | #1,784 | 84 | #1,284 | 89 |
| 1996 | #1,685 | 90 | #1,278 | 86 |
| 1995 | #2,028 | 67 | #1,256 | 86 |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 | #1,288 | 82 |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 | #1,407 | 68 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 | #1,429 | 64 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | #1,368 | 68 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #1,500 | 57 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #1,615 | 49 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #1,259 | 60 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #1,511 | 44 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #1,333 | 52 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #1,581 | 38 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #1,448 | 43 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #1,563 | 39 |
| 1981 | — | #1,334 | 49 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #1,258 | 54 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #1,464 | 41 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,487 | 39 |
| 1977 | — | #1,187 | 55 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,427 | 39 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,280 | 45 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,832 | 25 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,485 | 33 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,327 | 40 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,127 | 53 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,462 | 33 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,064 | 53 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,119 | 45 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,150 | 42 | |
| 1966 | — | #916 | 63 | |
| 1965 | — | #967 | 58 | |
| 1964 | — | #889 | 74 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,005 | 57 | |
| 1962 | — | #967 | 62 | |
| 1961 | — | #793 | 92 | |
| 1960 | — | #892 | 72 | |
| 1959 | — | #854 | 79 | |
| 1958 | — | #815 | 85 | |
| 1957 | — | #747 | 101 | |
| 1956 | — | #804 | 86 | |
| 1955 | — | #745 | 96 | |
| 1954 | — | #699 | 107 | |
| 1953 | — | #731 | 96 | |
| 1952 | — | #740 | 91 | |
| 1951 | — | #719 | 93 | |
| 1950 | — | #652 | 114 | |
| 1949 | — | #659 | 109 | |
| 1948 | — | #680 | 98 | |
| 1947 | — | #702 | 97 | |
| 1946 | — | #723 | 82 | |
| 1945 | — | #629 | 92 | |
| 1944 | — | #623 | 97 | |
| 1943 | — | #703 | 83 | |
| 1942 | — | #652 | 96 | |
| 1941 | — | #723 | 73 | |
| 1940 | — | #697 | 75 | |
| 1939 | — | #667 | 79 | |
| 1938 | — | #660 | 82 | |
| 1937 | — | #584 | 97 | |
| 1936 | — | #719 | 69 | |
| 1935 | — | #583 | 98 | |
| 1934 | — | #678 | 80 | |
| 1933 | — | #601 | 94 | |
| 1932 | — | #583 | 103 | |
| 1931 | — | #572 | 106 | |
| 1930 | — | #579 | 107 | |
| 1929 | — | #534 | 119 | |
| 1928 | — | #542 | 127 | |
| 1927 | — | #506 | 144 | |
| 1926 | — | #548 | 123 | |
| 1925 | — | #621 | 102 | |
| 1924 | — | #568 | 125 | |
| 1923 | — | #560 | 123 | |
| 1922 | — | #537 | 136 | |
| 1921 | — | #621 | 105 | |
| 1920 | — | #495 | 148 | |
| 1919 | — | #531 | 125 | |
| 1918 | — | #585 | 108 | |
| 1917 | — | #589 | 102 | |
| 1916 | — | #690 | 74 | |
| 1915 | — | #776 | 60 | |
| 1914 | — | #697 | 54 | |
| 1913 | — | #667 | 45 | |
| 1912 | — | #692 | 38 | |
| 1911 | — | #707 | 20 | |
| 1910 | — | #546 | 27 | |
| 1909 | — | #408 | 36 | |
| 1908 | — | #422 | 32 | |
| 1907 | — | #351 | 39 | |
| 1906 | — | #350 | 35 | |
| 1905 | — | #346 | 35 | |
| 1904 | — | #242 | 60 | |
| 1903 | — | #278 | 45 | |
| 1902 | — | #242 | 58 | |
| 1901 | — | #191 | 77 | |
| 1900 | — | #156 | 133 | |
| 1899 | — | #189 | 72 | |
| 1898 | — | #191 | 79 | |
| 1897 | — | #140 | 115 | |
| 1896 | — | #137 | 121 | |
| 1895 | — | #310 | 34 | |
| 1894 | — | #439 | 19 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1978
The first year at least five girls were named Mckinley! It came in at #9,750, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1981, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Mckinley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #221 | 10 | 1 in 716 |
| Oregon | #320 | 11 | 1 in 1,187 |
| Iowa | #354 | 9 | 1 in 1,308 |
| Arkansas | #376 | 8 | 1 in 1,324 |
| Minnesota | #377 | 14 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Mississippi | #384 | 7 | 1 in 1,271 |
| Nebraska | #396 | 5 | 1 in 1,419 |
| North Carolina | #405 | 27 | 1 in 1,722 |
| Tennessee | #409 | 19 | 1 in 1,688 |
| Missouri | #418 | 14 | 1 in 1,736 |
| Georgia | #431 | 26 | 1 in 1,739 |
| Michigan | #457 | 18 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Alabama | #481 | 10 | 1 in 1,832 |
| Wisconsin | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,026 |
| Ohio | #504 | 21 | 1 in 2,251 |
| Indiana | #511 | 13 | 1 in 2,147 |
| Louisiana | #534 | 8 | 1 in 2,046 |
| South Carolina | #560 | 8 | 1 in 2,286 |
| Kentucky | #570 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Colorado | #584 | 9 | 1 in 2,592 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Oklahoma | #619 | 6 | 1 in 2,463 |
| Texas | #762 | 39 | 1 in 4,116 |
| Virginia | #843 | 8 | 1 in 4,218 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,015 | 8 | 1 in 5,836 |
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
| Florida | #1,112 | 13 | 1 in 6,674 |
| California | #1,651 | 13 | 1 in 12,440 |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Mckinley
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 28 spots since 2024 (#740 → #712)
- 158 spots since 2020 (#554 → #712)
- Biggest jump: 199 spots in 2010
- Biggest drop: 108 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2014 at #379 (862 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2008–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,072
- Highest: 1 in 2,072 girls born in 2014 were named Mckinley (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,090 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 55.1% of all girls named Mckinley (7,219) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
- Mostly boys until 1997, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 | #9,010 (1979) | #9,380 |
| 1980s | 83 | #5,312 (1987) | #7,721 |
| 1990s | 633 | #1,315 (1999) | #3,024 |
| 2000s | 2,365 | #755 (2009) | #1,044 |
| 2010s | 7,219 | #379 (2014) | #444 |
| 2020s | 2,787 | #543 (2021) | #639 |
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.
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