first name
MCKINLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 13,648 people named Mckinley, 68.7% reported their origin as White, 20.9% as Black and 5.4% as two or more races. 69.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mckinley peaked in 2014, when 934 babies got the name.
At least 22,884 babies have been given the name since 1890. 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.
Mckinley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #648. The largest share of babies named Mckinley, 38.7%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Mckinley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mckinley has been most common in Utah (3.9×), Mississippi (3.8×), and Alaska (3.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.16×).
16,070 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 Mckinley
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mckinley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mckinley ranks #1,513 of 156,621, with 23,014 people. See Mckinley as a last name
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