Mckinleigh

Gender: Girl
Say it: muh-KIN-lee
Origin: Scottish
US rank, 2025: #6,837 for girls

Mckinleigh is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of the fair warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).

What does Mckinleigh mean?

Scottish: feminine spelling of McKinley, from Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaigh

“son of the fair warrior”

A feminine spelling of McKinley, a Scottish surname meaning son of Fionnlagh, also recalling US President William McKinley.

Is Mckinleigh a girl's or a boy's name?

Mckinleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mckinleigh in the US?

Rank in 2025: 6,837th among girls
Babies in 2025: 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
Five-year trend: Falling fast down 61% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Mckinleigh, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.

Half of all the girls named Mckinleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 501 girls in the US were given Mckinleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #592, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.

Mckinley 393
Mckinlee 41
Makinley 26
Mckinleigh 16
Mackinley 13
Mckinnley 12

2001Busiest: 42 in 20182025

Mckinleigh in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	16	#6,837
2024	12	#8,438
2023	15	#7,242
2022	15	#7,276
2021	24	#5,233
2020	31	#4,356
2019	38	#3,850
2018	42	#3,613
2017	28	#4,809
2016	37	#3,996
2015	30	#4,583
2014	33	#4,348
2013	33	#4,334
2012	28	#4,955
2011	28	#4,913
2010	18	#6,901
2009	11	#9,971
2008	11	#10,080
2007	7	#13,918
2006	14	#8,234
2005	8	#11,828
2004	0	–
2003	8	#11,319
2002	0	–
2001	6	#13,514