girls:
30 births since 2004
#5686 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1919
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
35 births since 1919
#7704 (0th percentile)
The name Mckinly is the #7,704 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 35 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,686 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 30 births since 2004. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1919.
Mckinly first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for boys and 2004 for girls). Birth data for Mckinly is available in 6 out of the 94 years between 1919 and 2012 (5 years for girls and 1 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 Mckinly has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2012, 100.0% of babies named Mckinly were girls. Interestingly, until around 2004, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1919 to 2003), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2004 to 2012).
For girls, Mckinly reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #934) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2012.
For boys, Mckinly reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #535) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1919.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mckinly".
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