Mckinley

Where Mckinley comes from

Rare spelling variant of McKinley.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mckinley
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Mckinley through the years
  1. 1978
    First appearance
    #9,750 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1998
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2014
    Peak, #379
    862 babies named Mckinley, the most in any year.
  4. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #740.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, briefly popular in the US when William McKinley was President (1897-1901).
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  • An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama, United States.
  • An unorganized territory in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Mckinley in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.