Mackinley
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- muh-KIN-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Mackinley is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Finlay”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Mackinley mean?
Scottish: spelling of McKinley, from Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaigh
“son of Finlay”
William McKinley was the 25th US president, and Alaska's Mount McKinley was named after him.
Is Mackinley a girl's or a boy's name?
Mackinley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mackinley in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 7 boys.
Mackinley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 2 | #6,114 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Mackinley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Mackinley, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Mackinley in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 501 girls in the US were given Mackinley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #592, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
- Mckinley 393
- Mckinlee 41
- Makinley 26
- Mckinleigh 16
- Mackinley 13
- Mckinnley 12
In 1999, 23% of the babies named Mackinley in the US were girls. By 2023 it was 72%, with more girls than boys since 2011.
Mackinley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
Nicknames for Mackinley
Names like Mackinley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Finley Riley Logan Aiden Finn Kayden Marley Kian Caelan Ronan Lochlan
Other spellings of Mackinley
Names related to Mackinley
More Scottish names
Isla Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas Reid Lachlan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mackinley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mackinley, updated 20 October 2026.