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Mckenna

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Mckenna is ranked 377th among girls in 2024 (825 births). Its best rank was 177th, in 2002.

Rank in 2024
#377down 51 from 2023
Births in 2024
8250.05% of girls
Peak year
20021,795 births
Best rank
#177in 2002
Since 1972
43,545people given the name
Babies named Mckenna, by year of birthgirls
05001k1.5k2k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

43,545 girls have been named Mckenna in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2002, with 1,795 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 233 → 377).

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 38%. It has spent 34 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Mckenna
1970s29
1980s519
1990s8,416
2000s16,351
2010s13,220
2020s5,010

In 2002, its biggest year

Mckenna was the 177th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2002 were Emily, Madison, Hannah, Emma and Alexis. See all of 2002.

Names that rose and fell with Mckenna

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.