Declining since 2019, #6,838 for girls today.
Popularity of Mckinleigh since 2001
Babies named Mckinleigh per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 65 |
| 2010s | 315 |
| 2020s | 113 |
Meaning & origin
Mckinleigh is a modern feminine respelling of the surname McKinley, which entered use as a first name in the early 2000s. First recorded in 2001, it saw modest popularity, reaching a peak rank of 6,838 in 2018 before declining through the 2020s. As of 2025, the name is given to approximately 1 in 100,454 baby girls, placing it far outside the top 1,000. Its trajectory reflects the broader trend of surname-inspired names and favored orthographic alterations involving 'leigh' suffixes. The spelling variant Mckinleigh has remained relatively rare, with no recorded top states of popularity, indicating a widespread but thin distribution across the United States.
Mckinleigh is a modern respelling of the surname McKinley, which itself is an Anglicization of the Gaelic Mac Coinneilich, meaning "son of Coinneach." Coinneach is a Gaelic personal name meaning "comely" or "handsome." The name McKinley gained popularity in the United States after President William McKinley, and the creative spelling Mckinleigh emerged in the early 2000s as part of the trend of adapting surnames into first names with unique orthography.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Mickey, Kinnie, Leigh
Variants: McKinley, Mckinlee, Mckynleigh
Sibling names for Mckinleigh
Names that share Mckinleigh's style, for a brother or sister.
