Mckay
#3,628 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Mckay has been given to 2,665 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #3,628 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1995, with 96 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.
Babies named Mckay, 2025
1 in 107,000
Mckay over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Mckay over time
In 2025, Mckay went to 23% girls and 77% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Mckay?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 107,000
- 31 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 55,100
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #3,628
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 74,127 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Mckay sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 74,127 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mckay. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Mckays were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Mckay was born before 2003 — so the typical Mckay is around 22 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 28.2% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 58.4%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 2,266
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 28.2% of all recorded uses (647).
Is Mckay rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +30
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −450
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −788
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.74×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 32.3%
- Peak was 1995 (96)
- Years since peak
- 30
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 18.0% average annual change
Spellings of Mckay
Mckay is not the most common spelling — Clay is, with 38.3% against Mckay's 2.2%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Mckay is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Mckay was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 1,250 boys, against 1 in 24,099 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Utah1 in 1,250
- 2Idaho1 in 6,667
- 3Arizona1 in 50,000
- 4California1 in 100,000
- 5Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Mckay has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Mckay is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Mckay was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 211,751 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Utah1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Mckay has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Mckay around the world
Where Mckay ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- Canada1995–2013#2,319in 2013
Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Mckay by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Mckay
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Mckay
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Mckay, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Mckay
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.