Mckinley
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ma-KIN-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #712 for girls
Mckinley is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Finlay”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 712th for girls in the US (393 babies).
What does Mckinley mean?
Scottish: Gaelic surname MacFhionnlaigh
“son of Finlay”
From the Scottish surname MacFhionnlaigh, son of Finlay; borne by US president William McKinley.
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Is Mckinley a girl's or a boy's name?
Mckinley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 393 girls and 30 boys in the US.
How popular is Mckinley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Mckinley, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mckinley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2012, 27% of the babies named Mckinley in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Mckinley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
How popular is Mckinley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 712th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 393 about 1 in 4,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 393 girls in the US were named Mckinley, making it the 712th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 554th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 862 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978. 30 boys were also named Mckinley in 2025 (3,657th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Mckinley in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 501 girls in the US were given Mckinley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #592, up from #712 for this spelling alone.
- Mckinley 393
- Mckinlee 41
- Makinley 26
- Mckinleigh 16
- Mackinley 13
- Mckinnley 12
In 1978, 11% of the babies named Mckinley in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 93%, with more girls than boys since 1998.
Mckinley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 393 | #712 |
| 2024 | 381 | #740 |
| 2023 | 461 | #635 |
| 2022 | 453 | #651 |
| 2021 | 563 | #543 |
| 2020 | 536 | #554 |
| 2019 | 615 | #512 |
| 2018 | 718 | #447 |
| 2017 | 730 | #437 |
| 2016 | 759 | #428 |
| 2015 | 860 | #379 |
| 2014 | 862 | #379 |
| 2013 | 792 | #391 |
| 2012 | 682 | #457 |
| 2011 | 675 | #450 |
| 2010 | 526 | #556 |
| 2009 | 376 | #755 |
| 2008 | 309 | #898 |
| 2007 | 259 | #1,019 |
| 2006 | 274 | #952 |
| 2005 | 227 | #1,050 |
| 2004 | 219 | #1,058 |
| 2003 | 184 | #1,170 |
| 2002 | 169 | #1,202 |
| 2001 | 172 | #1,186 |
| 2000 | 176 | #1,148 |
| 1999 | 137 | #1,313 |
| 1998 | 119 | #1,436 |
| 1997 | 84 | #1,782 |
| 1996 | 90 | #1,683 |
| 1995 | 67 | #2,023 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,930 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Mckinley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finley, Stanley, Sidney, Harley, Riley, Harvey, Henry, Oscar, Murray, Harry, Theodore, Teddy
Other spellings of Mckinley
Names related to Mckinley
More Scottish names
Isla, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas
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, “Mckinley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mckinley, updated 20 October 2026.