girls:
408 births since 1996
#5308 (7th percentile)
boys:
349 births since 1992
#4237 (8th percentile)
overall:
757 births since 1992
#6982 (10th percentile)
The name Mackinley is the #6,982 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 757 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 9.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,308 (7.1% percentile) for all time with 408 births since 1996. For boys, it ranks #4,237 (7.6% percentile) for all time with 349 births since 1992.
Mackinley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (1992 for boys and 1996 for girls).
The name Mackinley is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 71.9% of babies named Mackinley were girls. Interestingly, until around 2011, the name was more popular for boys (59.8% boys from 1992 to 2010), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (68.7% girls from 2011 to 2023).
For girls, Mackinley reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #939) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mackinley ranks #929 for girls (1.9% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 90.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Mackinley reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #787) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mackinley ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 43.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mackinley".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Mackinley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.5% confident that Mackinley is pronounced as muh-KIHN-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MA-kihn-lee, at 28.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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