Mckinnon
Boy · mih-KIN-un · Scottish
Mckinnon is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Fingon”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Mckinnon mean?
Scottish: from the Scottish clan name, Gaelic Mac Fhionghuin
“son of Fingon”
From Clan MacKinnon, Gaelic Mac Fhionghuin, a Highland clan long associated with the islands of Skye and Mull.
- Say it
- mih-KIN-un
Is Mckinnon a girl's or a boy's name?
Mckinnon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Mckinnon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Mckinnon, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. It first appears in the records in 1995. 5 girls were also named Mckinnon in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Mckinnon of any year since it first appeared, in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Mckinnon in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mckinnon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
Names like Mckinnon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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