Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Mckinley

Gender

Male

Origin

Celtic/Gaelic
Son of Fhionnlaoich

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1920 (rank #496, 148 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3658, 30 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #379, 856 births); most recent 2025 (rank #712, 393 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202530393
202424378
202345460
202249453
202162563
202063536
201967615
201852718
201768729
201668759

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #1963, 11 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4970, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #4835, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20253–
2024––
20234–
2022––
20214–
202010–
2019––
20184–
2017––
20169–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #599, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20204
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #376, 10 births); most recent 2021 (rank #665, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
20215
2020–
2019–
20187
20175
201610
20155
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence