Mckenley

Popularity Trends

The name Mckenley is the #7,405 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 334 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 4.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,423 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 293 births since 1998. For boys, it ranks #4,545 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 41 births since 1920.

Mckenley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for boys and 1998 for girls). Birth data for Mckenley is available in 26 out of the 104 years between 1920 and 2023 (24 years for girls and 7 years for boys). 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 Mckenley has been given predominantly to girls, with 87.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Mckenley were girls. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for boys (66.7% boys from 1920 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (94.3% girls from 2000 to 2023).

For girls, Mckenley reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #914) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Mckenley ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 19.2% of its peak share of births.

For boys, Mckenley reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #793) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1920, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2010.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mckenley".

1920 2023 19202023

Key Statistics

Total Births

293

Peak Births

Peak Year

2010

First Recorded

1998

Peak Percentile

3.2%

Current Percentile

0.1%

Peak Rank

#914

Current Rank

#946

Female statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1998

First Recorded

1920

Peak Percentile

0.3%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#793

Current Rank

—

Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

These names exclude other spelling variations of Makenlee. View all variations of Makenlee.

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mckenley", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 16 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Makenlee" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Makenlee..

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Mckenley's popularity from 1988 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Mckenley at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Mckenley range from Reginae at 92.2% correlation to Brodee at 89.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 90.5%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Peighton with 2.8K births (97% girls) and the least popular is Lasya with 328 births (100% girls).

Mckenley's share of births peaked at 20.8 births per million in 2010 (17.9 for girls in 2010 and 5.5 for boys in 1998). It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (12% of peak) in 2002. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Mckenley had 3.4 births per million, 17% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Reginae

816

92.19% (very strong)

Kahlan

1,524

91.56% (very strong)

Jaysean

674

91.29% (very strong)

Kenli

588

91.07% (very strong)

Kenlie

574

90.99% (very strong)

Lasya

328

90.30% (very strong)

Peighton

2,781

90.07% (very strong)

Guiliana

515

89.96% (very strong)

Simra

340

89.59% (very strong)

Jancarlos

1,137

89.49% (very strong)

Nishka

512

89.45% (very strong)

Brodee

722

89.45% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Mckenley

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Mckenley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 64.7% confident that Mckenley is pronounced as muh-KEHN-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mih-KEHN-lee, at 35.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.

muh-KEHN-lee

64.7%

mih-KEHN-lee

35.3%

muh-KEHN-lee (3 syllables)

64.7% confidence

M AH0 K EH1 N L IY0

mih-KEHN-lee (3 syllables)

35.3% confidence

M IH0 K EH1 N L IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Mckenley? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Mckenley. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Mckenley, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like M AH0 K EH1 N L IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

Made with ❤️ by Aaron J Becker

On This Page