girls:
353 births since 1982
#5363 (6th percentile)
boys:
2.2k births since 1917
#2668 (42nd percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1917
#5266 (32nd percentile)
The name Mckay is the #5,266 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,587 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 31.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,668 (41.8% percentile) for all time with 2,234 births since 1917. For girls, it ranks #5,363 (6.1% percentile) for all time with 353 births since 1982.
Mckay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for boys and 1982 for girls). Birth data for Mckay is available in 56 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (56 years for boys and 34 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Mckay has been given predominantly to boys, with 86.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 72.7% of babies named Mckay were boys.
For boys, Mckay reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 11.4% percentile (ranked #709) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 48 births per million (ranked 11.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mckay ranks #884 for boys (3.0% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 36.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Mckay reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #870) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mckay ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 63.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mckay".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Mckay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.1% confident that Mckay is pronounced as muh-KAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-KAI, at 35.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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