Mckynlee

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

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

What does Mckynlee mean?

Scottish: variant of McKinley, from Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaigh

“son of Finlay”

William McKinley, the 25th US president, is the best-known bearer of the surname.

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

Mckynlee 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 Mckynlee 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 Mckynlee, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2013, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.

Half of all the girls named Mckynlee in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1999Busiest: 60 in 20132025

Mckynlee in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	16	#6,837
2024	13	#7,962
2023	13	#8,050
2022	20	#5,981
2021	17	#6,686
2020	25	#5,001
2019	40	#3,717
2018	44	#3,496
2017	43	#3,551
2016	42	#3,656
2015	55	#3,059
2014	59	#2,886
2013	60	#2,836
2012	40	#3,853
2011	36	#4,071
2010	30	#4,734
2009	32	#4,570
2008	11	#10,080
2007	0	–
2006	13	#8,711
2005	11	#9,447
2004	7	#12,754
2003	6	#13,837
2002	0	–
2001	0	–
2000	0	–
1999	5	#14,403