How Many People Are Named Mckena?
An estimated 403 people in the United States have the first name Mckena. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Mckena peaked in popularity in 1996 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Mckena as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Mckena paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
403
About 1 in 850,507 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
1996
26 births
Total Registered
411
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Mckena
Mckena is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 411 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Mckena as a female name
Ranked #14,961 in 2019
6 female births in 2019
Peak: 1996 (26 births)
Mckena: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Mckena span from the 1990s to the 2010s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 199 babies were registered. While Mckena is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Mckena by Decade
How has Mckena tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Mckena + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Mckena as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Mckena: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Mckena?
We estimate approximately 403 people named Mckena are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 850,507 Americans share this first name.
Is Mckena a common name?
Mckena is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 82.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 411 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Mckena most popular?
Mckena reached peak popularity in 1996, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Mckena is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Mckena a female name?
Mckena is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Mckena Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Mckena Smith, Mckena Johnson, Mckena Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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