# Mckinley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mckinley/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 22,884 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,786 / 13,098 (57% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 107, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare spelling variant of McKinley.

## 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 | 675 | 450 |
| 2012 | 682 | 458 |
| 2013 | 792 | 392 |
| 2014 | 862 | 379 |
| 2015 | 860 | 379 |
| 2016 | 759 | 428 |
| 2017 | 730 | 438 |
| 2018 | 718 | 447 |
| 2019 | 615 | 513 |
| 2020 | 536 | 555 |
| 2021 | 563 | 543 |
| 2022 | 453 | 654 |
| 2023 | 461 | 635 |
| 2024 | 381 | 740 |
| 2025 | 393 | 714 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 87 | 1,714 |
| 2012 | 84 | 1,781 |
| 2013 | 64 | 2,106 |
| 2014 | 72 | 1,991 |
| 2015 | 73 | 1,993 |
| 2016 | 68 | 2,079 |
| 2017 | 68 | 2,062 |
| 2018 | 52 | 2,498 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,142 |
| 2020 | 63 | 2,202 |
| 2021 | 62 | 2,269 |
| 2022 | 49 | 2,702 |
| 2023 | 45 | 2,832 |
| 2024 | 24 | 4,397 |
| 2025 | 30 | 3,721 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Mckinley

- McKinley Belcher III, American actor
- McKinley Wright IV, American basketball player (born 1998)
- Muddy Waters, American blues musician (1913–1983)
- Donald Glover, American actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker (born 1983)
- Red Garland, American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
- Willie Hutch, American singer, songwriter, record producer (1944–2005)

## 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.