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Mackinley

Recorded 1992–2025 · United States

Mackinley was most popular in 2012, when 37 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,911 that year. In 2025 it ranked #13,540, with 13 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 787 people named Mackinley.

Most popular in2012
Rank that year#6,911
Births that year37
Total since 1880787
Given to55% girls

Mackinley over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Mackinley’s peak in 2012. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Mackinley a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Mackinley is a unisex name — 54.8% of the 787 Americans given it were girls and 45.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2011 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 73% girls and 27% 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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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org