girls:
16 births since 2008
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
132 births since 1995
#4454 (3rd percentile)
overall:
148 births since 1995
#7591 (2nd percentile)
The name Mckinnon is the #7,591 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 148 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,454 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 132 births since 1995. For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 2008.
Mckinnon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for boys and 2008 for girls). Birth data for Mckinnon is available in 20 out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023 (20 years for boys and 3 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 Mckinnon has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 45.5% of babies named Mckinnon were boys.
For boys, Mckinnon reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #796) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Mckinnon ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 56.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Mckinnon reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #946) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Mckinnon is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #946 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mckinnon".
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