Makinley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KIN-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Makinley is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Finlay”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Makinley mean?
Scottish: spelling of McKinley, Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaigh
“son of Finlay”
The Scottish surname McKinley was borne by William McKinley, the 25th US president.
Is Makinley a girl's or a boy's name?
Makinley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makinley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Makinley, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,890th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 174 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had fewer girls named Makinley than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Makinley in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 501 girls in the US were given Makinley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #592, up from #4,986 for this spelling alone.
- Mckinley 393
- Mckinlee 41
- Makinley 26
- Mckinleigh 16
- Mackinley 13
- Mckinnley 12
Makinley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,715 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,890 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,752 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,334 |
| 2017 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2016 | 95 | #2,068 |
| 2015 | 102 | #1,964 |
| 2014 | 132 | #1,624 |
| 2013 | 174 | #1,338 |
| 2012 | 142 | #1,549 |
| 2011 | 133 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 121 | #1,720 |
| 2009 | 71 | #2,591 |
| 2008 | 69 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,930 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 37 | #3,872 |
| 2004 | 44 | #3,387 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Makinley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finley Kinley Paisley Miley Kennedy Lainey Kinsley Ainsley Journey Riley Marley Mckenna
Other spellings of Makinley
Names related to Makinley
More Scottish names
Isla Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas Lochlan
Sources
Figures from 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, “Makinley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makinley, updated 20 October 2026.