Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mckay*

#2,641 most common boys' name of all time · #6,348 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1917–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,641
Rank overall
#6,348 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
2,665
Since 2016
472
Peak year
1995 #1,185
Best rank
#1,185 1995
Girls Boys peak 111/yr
192019401960198020002020

Mckay first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 9 31 40 #3,598
2024 7 31 38 #3,621
2023 12 32 44 #3,583
2022 11 44 55 #2,888
2021 9 48 57 #2,664
2020 5 36 41 #3,144
2019 — 45 45 #2,780
2018 5 46 51 #2,680
2017 7 32 39 #3,460
2016 6 56 62 #2,345
2015 11 42 53 #2,819
2014 8 56 64 #2,322
2013 9 64 73 #2,099
2012 9 57 66 #2,274
2011 14 67 81 #2,020
2010 11 72 83 #1,946
2009 5 56 61 #2,330
2008 7 55 62 #2,356
2007 8 70 78 #2,000
2006 6 69 75 #1,948
2005 13 57 70 #2,142
2004 14 66 80 #1,866
2003 7 64 71 #1,850
2002 17 74 91 #1,625
2001 13 71 84 #1,651
2000 11 65 76 #1,732
1999 21 73 94 #1,534
1998 15 65 80 #1,608
1997 16 74 90 #1,458
1996 13 84 97 #1,308
1995 15 96 111 #1,185
1994 15 68 83 #1,425
1993 8 53 61 #1,669
1992 10 48 58 #1,758
1991 8 29 37 #2,423
1990 — 23 23 #2,803
1989 — 32 32 #2,166
1988 9 16 25 #3,252
1987 — 18 18 #2,874
1986 — 28 28 #2,071
1985 — 17 17 #2,869
1984 — 13 13 #3,327
1983 — 16 16 #2,831
1982 5 11 16 #3,792
1981 — 15 15 #2,948
1980 — 11 11 #3,700
1979 — 14 14 #3,073
1978 — 14 14 #2,986
1977 — 8 8 #4,284
1976 — 10 10 #3,544
1975 — 10 10 #3,525
1972 — 5 5 #5,234
1963 — 9 9 #2,979
1934 — 5 5 #4,037
1927 — 5 5 #4,583
1923 — 7 7 #3,757
1922 — 7 7 #3,814
1917 — 6 6 #3,952