first name
MCKENNA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 37,053 people named Mckenna, 85.6% reported their origin as White, 5.5% as two or more races and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mckenna peaked in 2002, when 1,804 babies got the name.
At least 44,491 babies have been given the name since 1972. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Mckenna by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #426. The largest share of babies named Mckenna, 55.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Mckenna is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mckenna has been most common in Utah (4.2×), Nevada (2.7×), and Idaho (2.6×), and least common in Hawaii (0.25×).
43,183 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Mckenna
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mckenna, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mckenna ranks #1,311 of 156,621, with 26,305 people. See Mckenna as a last name
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