Mckenna
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
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
By decade
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.
- Delaneypeak 2004
- Niamhpeak 2008
- Selinpeak 2006
- Delaniepeak 2003
- Maiahpeak 1998
- Kassidypeak 2000
- Abigaelpeak 2009
- Baileepeak 2000
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.