Mckayla
Mckayla was the 3197th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 370th with 769 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,182 places. More babies were named Mckayla in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,197 girls, down 1,361 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 50girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1998769 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,230babies recorded
Mckayla popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 2004.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,197 | 50 |
| 2020 | #1,836 | 107 |
| 2010 | #612 | 483 |
| 2000 | #431 | 658 |
| 1990 | #2,045 | 66 |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Mckayla, counting every spelling?
Mckayla is the most common spelling of a name family that had 50 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 50 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mckayla | 50 | #3,197 | 394 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Mckayla?
50 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mckayla (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mckayla born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 167 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mckayla.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mckayla?
About 13,100 people born in the US named Mckayla are alive today, with a median age of 23; half are between 16 and 28. That makes Mckayla mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mckayla by state
How common Mckayla was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Mckayla
How popular is the name Mckayla?
Mckayla was the 3197th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 370th with 769 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,182 places. More babies were named Mckayla in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Mckayla a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mckayla in the US.
Where is Mckayla most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mckayla was most common in New Jersey (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and New York.