# Mckayla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mckayla/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mackayla |
| US babies named this | 13,230 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 13,225 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 156, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern variant of Michaela, influenced by Mc-.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 377 | 733 |
| 2012 | 400 | 705 |
| 2013 | 385 | 718 |
| 2014 | 312 | 880 |
| 2015 | 264 | 1,015 |
| 2016 | 220 | 1,148 |
| 2017 | 185 | 1,278 |
| 2018 | 175 | 1,306 |
| 2019 | 134 | 1,594 |
| 2020 | 107 | 1,836 |
| 2021 | 94 | 2,054 |
| 2022 | 110 | 1,855 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,690 |
| 2024 | 75 | 2,428 |
| 2025 | 50 | 3,197 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 12,570 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 12 | 2,022 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2010 | 17 | 1,653 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Mckayla

- McKayla Maroney, American artistic gymnast

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.