Mckinney

Popularity Trends

The name Mckinney is the #7,666 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 73 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,678 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 38 births since 2005. For boys, it ranks #4,551 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 35 births since 1917.

Mckinney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for boys and 2005 for girls). Birth data for Mckinney is available in 13 out of the 104 years between 1917 and 2020. 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 Mckinney is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2020, 100.0% of babies named Mckinney were girls. Interestingly, until around 2012, the name was more popular for boys (74.5% boys from 1917 to 2011), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2012 to 2020).

For girls, Mckinney reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #937) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.

For boys, Mckinney reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #517) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1917, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2011.

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

1917 2020 19172020

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2005

First Recorded

2005

Peak Percentile

0.2%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#937

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1917

First Recorded

1917

Peak Percentile

0.0%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#517

Current Rank

—

Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mckinney", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Mckinney.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Mckinney's popularity from 1917 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 Mckinney 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 Mckinney range from Ewen at 58.0% correlation to Demba at 52.0% correlation, with an average correlation level of 53.6%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Jolette with 739 births (100% girls) and the least popular is Arlton with 10 births (100% boys).

Mckinney's share of births peaked at 5.8 births per million in 2005 (3.4 for girls in 2005 and 5.2 for boys in 1917). It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (39% of peak) in 2006. In 2020, the most recent period with data, the name Mckinney had 2.8 births per million, 49% of its peak popularity.

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

Ewen

148

57.97% (moderate)

Maxell

57.06% (moderate)

Jolette

739

53.34% (moderate)

53.22% (moderate)

53.04% (moderate)

53.02% (moderate)

53.00% (moderate)

101

52.89% (moderate)

Omauri

128

52.87% (moderate)

Jakyri

131

52.20% (moderate)

Arlton

52.02% (moderate)

Demba

51.99% (moderate)

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 Mckinney

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

Our model is 97.6% confident that Mckinney is pronounced as muh-KIH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-KEE-nee, at 2.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.

muh-KIH-nee

97.6%

muh-KEE-nee

2.4%

muh-KIH-nee (3 syllables)

Verified

97.6% confidence

M AH0 K IH1 N IY0

muh-KEE-nee (3 syllables)

2.4% confidence

M AH0 K IY1 N IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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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 IH1 N 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.

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