Mckenna
Girl · muh-KEN-uh · Irish
Mckenna is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “son of Cionaodh”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 410th for girls in the US (758 babies).
What does Mckenna mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname Mac Cionaodha
“son of Cionaodh”
From an Irish surname meaning son of Cionaodh, the Gaelic name that is anglicised as Kenny or Kenneth.
- Say it
- muh-KEN-uh
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Is Mckenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Mckenna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 758 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mckenna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Mckenna, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mckenna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 77% of the babies named Mckenna in the UK in 2005, and 93% in 2012.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Mckenna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Mckenna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #410among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 758about 1 in 2,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 758 girls in the US were named Mckenna, making it the 410th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 280th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 1,795 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Mckenna than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Mckenna in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,264 girls in the US were given Mckenna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #271, up from #410 for this spelling alone.
Mckenna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 758 | #410 |
| 2024 | 829 | #375 |
| 2023 | 941 | #327 |
| 2022 | 1,085 | #291 |
| 2021 | 1,024 | #318 |
| 2020 | 1,135 | #280 |
| 2019 | 1,153 | #287 |
| 2018 | 1,262 | #258 |
| 2017 | 1,255 | #254 |
| 2016 | 1,254 | #251 |
| 2015 | 1,305 | #249 |
| 2014 | 1,405 | #234 |
| 2013 | 1,471 | #216 |
| 2012 | 1,405 | #227 |
| 2011 | 1,333 | #239 |
| 2010 | 1,378 | #228 |
| 2009 | 1,505 | #216 |
| 2008 | 1,522 | #221 |
| 2007 | 1,554 | #227 |
| 2006 | 1,570 | #217 |
| 2005 | 1,657 | #211 |
| 2004 | 1,656 | #202 |
| 2003 | 1,695 | #193 |
| 2002 | 1,795 | #177 |
| 2001 | 1,693 | #194 |
| 2000 | 1,704 | #188 |
| 1999 | 1,571 | #198 |
| 1998 | 1,439 | #212 |
| 1997 | 1,330 | #226 |
| 1996 | 1,230 | #229 |
| 1995 | 1,066 | #259 |
| 1994 | 662 | #382 |
| 1993 | 376 | #610 |
| 1992 | 390 | #588 |
| 1991 | 209 | #916 |
| 1990 | 143 | #1,189 |
| 1989 | 91 | #1,548 |
| 1988 | 95 | #1,445 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,064 |
| 1986 | 64 | #1,784 |
| 1985 | 76 | #1,574 |
| 1984 | 37 | #2,514 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,720 |
| 1982 | 48 | #2,115 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,532 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Nicknames for Mckenna
- Kenna 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mckenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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