Mckayla
#1,378 most common girls' name of all time · #2,387 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1979–2025
Rank among girls
#1,378
Rank overall
#2,387 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
13,230
Since 2016
1,215
Peak year
1998 #370
Best rank
#370 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 769/yr
Mckayla first appears in 1979. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | — | 50 | #3,192 |
| 2024 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,425 |
| 2023 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,847 |
| 2021 | 94 | — | 94 | #2,055 |
| 2020 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,837 |
| 2019 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,592 |
| 2018 | 175 | — | 175 | #1,304 |
| 2017 | 185 | — | 185 | #1,279 |
| 2016 | 220 | — | 220 | #1,148 |
| 2015 | 264 | — | 264 | #1,015 |
| 2014 | 312 | — | 312 | #878 |
| 2013 | 385 | — | 385 | #718 |
| 2012 | 400 | — | 400 | #703 |
| 2011 | 377 | — | 377 | #732 |
| 2010 | 483 | — | 483 | #612 |
| 2009 | 437 | — | 437 | #667 |
| 2008 | 601 | — | 601 | #511 |
| 2007 | 479 | — | 479 | #624 |
| 2006 | 506 | — | 506 | #580 |
| 2005 | 576 | — | 576 | #516 |
| 2004 | 531 | 5 | 536 | #537 |
| 2003 | 636 | — | 636 | #470 |
| 2002 | 639 | — | 639 | #449 |
| 2001 | 642 | — | 642 | #432 |
| 2000 | 658 | — | 658 | #430 |
| 1999 | 664 | — | 664 | #419 |
| 1998 | 769 | — | 769 | #370 |
| 1997 | 665 | — | 665 | #393 |
| 1996 | 553 | — | 553 | #453 |
| 1995 | 523 | — | 523 | #472 |
| 1994 | 366 | — | 366 | #611 |
| 1993 | 170 | — | 170 | #1,076 |
| 1992 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,563 |
| 1991 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,032 |
| 1990 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,051 |
| 1989 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,248 |
| 1988 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,477 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,720 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,566 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,092 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,264 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,874 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,257 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,784 |