Mckay
Recorded 1917–2025 · United States
Mckay was most popular in 1995, when 111 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,469 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,507, with 40 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,665 people named Mckay.
Mckay over time
How old is the name Mckay?
Mckay first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1917, which makes it about 108 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 58 of the 109 years since.
How many people are named Mckay?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,665 American births named Mckay between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,580 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Mckay in 2025?
40 American babies were named Mckay in 2025, ranking #6,507 that year.
Is Mckay getting more or less popular?
Mckay is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 47 births a year, against 67 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -31% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Mckay a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Mckay is mostly a boy’s name — 13.9% of the 2,665 Americans given it were girls and 86.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 15% girls and 85% 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.
How old is someone named Mckay?
Roughly 2,580 Americans named Mckay are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 22 years old, and half are between 13 and 30.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Mckay 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