McKenna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about McKenna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

McKenna: Recorded since 1999, it reached #873 in 2017, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#873highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2001	#2783
2002	#2105
2003	#4373
2004	#2278
2005	#2247
2006	#2320
2007	#2895
2008	#3005
2009	#3422
2010	#2843
2011	#5785
2012	#2215
2013	#2887
2014	#4684
2015	#2945
2016	#3609
2017	#2341
2018	#2901
2020	#3447
2021	#2711
2022	#3970
2023	#4709

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 25 years from 1999 to 2023.

In 2022: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3970 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3225 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2017–2022
Highest recorded position: #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2017 (recorded 2017–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

McKenna appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 158 births with the name.

McKenna across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

McKenna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3225 (1999)	#2105 (2002)	#4709 (2023)	23 of 25	158 (1999–2023)	12 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#873 (2017)	#873 (2017)	#905 (2022)	2 of 6	6 (2017–2022)	3 (2017)
England and Wales · Boys	#3849 (2005)	#2870 (2006)	#3227 (2009)	4 of 5	16 (2005–2009)	5 (2006)

McKenna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with McKenna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	62	9 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	68	9 of 10	8
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

McKenna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #873 in Republic of Ireland in 2017.

McKenna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2023, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #873, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 18 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Mazin · #527, 27y
Mckenzie · #114, 29y
Md · #361, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alejandra · #873, 25y
Amelia-Mae · #873, 19y
Hadassa · #873, 21y
Harli · #873, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abbie-Mae · #873, 12y
Alejandra · #873, 25y
Aly · #873, 14y
Camellia · #873, 16y

McKenna was ranked #873 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2017. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

McKenna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed McKenna without appearing here.

McKenna moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2887 and #5742.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2945 and #5730.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #5666.
Carol Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2215 and #4838.

Moved ahead of McKenna

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2887 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2927.

Moved the opposite way to McKenna

Ada Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, McKenna went from #3225 to #4709 while Ada went from #2189 to #37.
Alma Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, McKenna went from #3225 to #4709 while Alma went from #3225 to #228.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, McKenna went from #3225 to #4709 while Alyssa went from #483 to #241.
Amalie Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, McKenna went from #3225 to #4709 while Amalie went from #2770 to #865.

Moved the same way as McKenna

Abigail Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, McKenna went from #3225 to #4709 and Abigail from #20 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, McKenna went from #3225 to #4709 and Aimee from #70 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, McKenna went from #3225 to #4709 and Aisling from #410 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, McKenna went from #3225 to #4709 and Alex from #204 to #2504.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #873 in Republic of Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

McKenna

McKenna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

McKenna across 3 official records

McKenna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

McKenna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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McKenna moved ahead of

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McKenna at a glance

McKenna across 3 official records

McKenna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

McKenna appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside McKenna

McKenna and the names beside it

McKenna moved ahead of

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