NameTides

Mackinley

Mackinley was the #7,885 girls' name in the US in 2025 (13 babies).

Mackinley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Mackinley as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Mackinley as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#7,885 (13)—
2024#10,271 (9)—
2023#5,390 (23)—
2022#5,028 (26)—
2021#5,955 (20)—
2020#7,559 (14)—
2019#7,716 (14)#3,266 (5)
2018#4,768 (28)#2,892 (6)
2017#6,808 (17)—
2016#7,602 (15)—
2015#5,458 (24)#2,891 (6)
2014#13,069 (7)#2,185 (9)
2013#5,834 (22)#1,792 (12)
2012#5,710 (23)#2,013 (10)
2011#6,855 (18)#2,156 (9)

Mackinley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Mackinley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Mackinley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2024#9,894 (7)——
2023#8,255 (9)——
2022#12,330 (5)——
2021#8,166 (9)——
2020#8,739 (8)——
2019#7,643 (10)——
2018#8,819 (8)——
2017#12,246 (5)——
2016#10,744 (6)#4,023 (4)—
2015#8,040 (9)#3,373 (5)—
2014#10,717 (6)——
2013#8,789 (8)#4,685 (3)—
2012#6,001 (14)#4,805 (3)—
2011#5,200 (17)#3,300 (5)—
2010#5,478 (16)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #4,768.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1996.
  • In 2024, 56% of US babies named Mackinley were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Mackinley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 160,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 84,000 to 1 in 320,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MackinleyCanadaGirls—too few
MackinleyCanadaBoys—too few
MackinleyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MackinleyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MackinleyUSGirls#7,88513
MackinleyUSBoys—too few