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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Mckynlee

Mckynlee was the 7030th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 2863rd with 60 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,954 places. More babies were named Mckynlee in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Meaning (as Mckinley) son of the fair warrior (Scottish surname) · Scottish Gaelic

Rank in 2025
#7,030 girls, down 1,908 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
16girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201360 babies
Total since 1880
638babies recorded

What does the name Mckynlee mean?

Mckynlee is a spelling of Mckinley, pronounced the same way, so it shares Mckinley's meaning and origin.

Mckinley is a spelling of McKinley, a Scottish surname that Wiktionary derives from Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaoich, son of Fionnlaoch, a name meaning fair warrior (as in Finlay). Wiktionary notes that the boys' name was briefly popular while William McKinley was president (1897 to 1901) and that its use for girls is modern. In the US the Mckinley spelling appears for boys from 1890 and for girls from the late 1970s.

Mac Fhionnlaoich (Scottish Gaelic, “son of Fionnlaoch”)Fionnlagh (Scottish Gaelic, “fair warrior”)

How sure is this? Probable. Wiktionary only; not checked against a surname dictionary.

Related names: McKinley, Kinley, Finlay, Kenley.

See also: Scottish names.

Sources for this meaning

Mckynlee popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#7,03016
2020#5,12225
2010#4,82230
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How popular is Mckynlee, counting every spelling?

Mckynlee is a spelling of Mckinley, a name family that ranked #617 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #7,030 for Mckynlee on its own. Together these spellings went to 475 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Mckinley393#7142,251
Mckinlee41#3,689278
Mackinley13#8,15391
Mckynlee16#7,03079
Mckinnley12#8,68462

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 Mckynlee?

16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mckynlee (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mckynlee 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 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mckynlee.

Chance of another Mckynlee in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Mckynlee?

About 600 people born in the US named Mckynlee are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 8 and 14. That makes Mckynlee a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Mckynlee: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mckynlee, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Mckynlee

What does Mckynlee mean?

Mckynlee is a spelling of Mckinley, which means “son of the fair warrior (Scottish surname)” (Scottish Gaelic origin). Certainty: probable.

How popular is the name Mckynlee?

Mckynlee was the 7030th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 2863rd with 60 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,954 places. More babies were named Mckynlee in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Mckynlee a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mckynlee in the US.