Name Legacy

Mackenna

Recorded 1986–2025 · United States

Mackenna was most popular in 2008, when 187 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,322 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,675, with 49 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,668 people named Mackenna.

Most popular in2008
Rank that year#2,322
Births that year187
Total since 18803,668
Given to100% girls

Mackenna over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Mackenna’s peak in 2008. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Mackenna a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Mackenna is a girl’s name — 99.8% of the 3,668 Americans given it were girls and 0.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Where Mackenna is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org