Masculine dossier · first seen 1917

Mckay

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Mckay
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1995

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1917Peak 19952024

Peak year

1995

Decline from peak

67.7%

2024

All-time

2,265

Mckay has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1995, when 96 boys were named Mckay.

In 2024, only 31 boys were given the name.

Down 67.7% from its peak.

All told, about 2,265 Americans have been named Mckay and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1917.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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