# McKenna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mckenna/  
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 | /məˈkɛnə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Makenna, Mckenna, Mackenna |
| US babies named this | 44,491 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 183 / 44,308 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 179, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McKinney.

## 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 | 1,333 | 239 |
| 2012 | 1,405 | 227 |
| 2013 | 1,471 | 216 |
| 2014 | 1,405 | 234 |
| 2015 | 1,305 | 249 |
| 2016 | 1,254 | 251 |
| 2017 | 1,255 | 254 |
| 2018 | 1,262 | 258 |
| 2019 | 1,153 | 289 |
| 2020 | 1,135 | 280 |
| 2021 | 1,024 | 318 |
| 2022 | 1,085 | 291 |
| 2023 | 941 | 328 |
| 2024 | 829 | 376 |
| 2025 | 758 | 410 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5 | 9,124 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,663 |
| 1994 | 27 | 2,734 |
| 1995 | 43 | 1,976 |
| 1996 | 20 | 3,500 |
| 1997 | 12 | 5,166 |
| 1998 | 12 | 5,356 |
| 1999 | 12 | 5,541 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,803 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,102 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7,439 |
| 2004 | 13 | 6,023 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,694 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,276 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |

## People named McKenna

- Mckenna Grace, American actress and singer (born 2006)

## 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.