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How popular is the name Mckinley?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mckinleys are alive today.
Mckinley (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 11 babies were given the name, the 1962nd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2020, with 10 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 27% of its peak. Mckinley is one spelling of a name also recorded as Mackinley; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Mckinley you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Mckinleys born in England and Wales are between 10 and 19, and there are at least 160 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Mckinley - on average, only one in every 1,894 such rooms contains a Mckinley.
How many babies are named Mckinley each year?
Includes all spellings: Mckinley, Mackinley. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Mckinley spelling rank?
Where does the Mackinley spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mckinley most popular?
Mckinley peaked in 2011, when 15 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Mckinley?
At least 160 people named Mckinley in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mckinley?
Most living Mckinleys are between 10 and 19; the most common age is about 14.
Is Mckinley becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2011 peak.