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Mckinley

Mckinley was the #712 girls' name in the US in 2025 (393 babies), and #1,218 in Canada.

Mckinley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Mckinley as a girl’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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Mckinley as a girl’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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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
2025#712 (393)—#1,218 (21)
2024#740 (381)—#1,348 (18)
2023#635 (461)—#907 (29)
2022#651 (453)—#1,635 (13)
2021#543 (563)—#746 (39)
2020#554 (536)—#1,059 (24)
2019#512 (615)—#692 (43)
2018#447 (718)—#670 (44)
2017#437 (730)—#697 (42)
2016#428 (759)—#536 (59)
2015#379 (860)—#588 (51)
2014#379 (862)—#619 (49)
2013#391 (792)—#739 (38)
2012#457 (682)#4,838 (4)#865 (31)
2011#450 (675)—#797 (34)

Mckinley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Mckinley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Mckinley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#3,658 (30)#5,137 (3)——
2024#4,321 (24)———
2023#2,805 (45)#4,108 (4)—#2,921 (5)
2022#2,675 (49)———
2021#2,253 (62)#3,990 (4)—#2,812 (5)
2020#2,190 (63)#2,076 (10)#599 (4)—
2019#2,129 (67)——#2,440 (6)
2018#2,472 (52)#3,959 (4)#704 (3)—
2017#2,049 (68)——#2,762 (5)
2016#2,066 (68)#2,335 (9)—#2,182 (7)
2015#1,983 (73)——#1,956 (8)
2014#1,979 (72)#2,079 (10)——
2013#2,090 (64)#3,822 (4)——
2012#1,775 (84)#1,962 (11)——
2011#1,703 (87)#2,039 (10)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #379.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1978.
  • In 2025, 93% of US babies named Mckinley were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,100 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mckinley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,000 to 1 in 5,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mckinley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #377MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #457MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #320ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #511INOhio: #504OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #584CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #418MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #409TNNorth Carolina: #405NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #481ALGeorgia: #431GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #762TXFlorida: #1,112FL
Mckinley (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Mckinley (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MckinleyCanadaGirls#1,21821
MckinleyCanadaBoys—too few
MckinleyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MckinleyEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
MckinleyScotlandBoys—too few
MckinleyUSGirls#712393
MckinleyUSBoys#3,65830