Mckayla
Mckayla is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Mckayla
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mckayla is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Mckayla
Mckayla first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1979, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 769 Mckaylas were born — ranking #370 that year. As of 2026, Mckayla ranks #2,634 for baby girls with 66 births, falling sharply (-44%). In total, more than 13K Mckaylas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Mckayla
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About the name Mckayla
Mckayla is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Mckayla's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #370. Use the chart and map above to compare Mckayla's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.