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Mckenna

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1972, with 5 babies

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #249, 2016: #251, 2017: #254, 2018: #258, 2019: #287, 2020: #280, 2021: #318, 2022: #291, 2023: #327, 2024: #375, 2025: #4101 in 2,120 girls in the US, 2025#410 · falling · was #249 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,945, 2016: #3,609, 2017: #2,341, 2018: #2,901, 2020: #3,447, 2021: #2,711, 2022: #3,971, 2023: #4,710, 2025: #4,2011 in 50,656 girls in E&W, 2025#4,201 · falling · was #2,945 in 2015

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What Mckenna means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Mckenna yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1972, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Mckenna?

US 2025
#410
758 babies
▼ 35 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#4201
5 babies
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Falling: down from #249 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2945 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (2002)

Biggest US share so far: 2002, when 1,795 girls got the name (#177 that year). First in the US records in 1972.

How common

  • About 1 in 2,120 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 50,656 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NH (2.63 per 1,000 girls), DE (2.22 per 1,000 girls), SD (1.97 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Mckenna is #410 in the US and #4201 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#4107581 in 2,120#249
England & Wales#420151 in 50,656#2945
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Mckenna were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20257580
England & Wales 202550
US all years since 188044,308183
England & Wales since 199616316

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Mckenna

Girls

  • Delaney#242“from the alder grove”
  • Payton#440“enclosure; settlement, town”
  • Kennedy#85“head + ugly”
  • Madison#40Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies
  • Makenzie#700Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #210 in 2015, #700 in 2025
  • Skyler#670Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #283 in 2015, #670 in 2025

For a brother

  • Davis#668Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #668 vs #5,137 in 2025
  • Logan#53“little hollow”
  • Hunter#130From the word “hunter”
  • Quinn#466“descendant of Chief”
  • Peyton#683Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2007, with 3,375 babies; 398 in 2025
  • Kyler#404“archer”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mckenna’s. Rank is US 2025.

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