Fun Facts About the Name Mckaylee
- 586 babies named Mckaylee: U.S. records list 586 babies given the name Mckaylee from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mckaylee Mean?
Mckaylee is an English feminine name usually treated as a spelling variant of Michaela or McKayla. Those names derive from the Hebrew Mikha'el (מִיכָאֵל), the name of the archangel Michael, and mean "Who is like God?" The Hebrew elements are mi ("who"), ke ("like" or "as"), and El ("God"). The phrase is literally a rhetorical question. The ending -lee in Mckaylee is an English spelling convention for the sound "lee"; it does not add a separate Hebrew meaning. Mckaylee therefore carries the inherited meaning of Michaela rather than an independent etymology.
Mckaylee Name History & Origins
The oldest layer of the name is the Hebrew Mikha'el, which appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name of the archangel Michael. The feminine form Michaela and closely related forms such as Italian Michela and Spanish Micaela arose later in European languages as counterparts to Michael. English spellings such as Makayla and McKayla represent the same name with different letter patterns. Mckaylee follows the McKayla pattern and adds the common English feminine ending -lee. The Mc at the start is a spelling choice within this English group, not the Gaelic patronymic Mc- meaning "son of" that appears in surnames like McKay. The name therefore belongs to the English family of Michaela variants rather than to a separate Hebrew or Gaelic tradition.
How Popular is the Name Mckaylee?
Mckaylee has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #4,245 in 2002.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,449 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #9,392 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #10,152 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #16,843 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #14,513 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #12,059 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #12,112 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #7,708 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #9,855 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #10,627 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #4,982 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2013 | #6,173 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #5,508 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2011 | #5,007 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2010 | #6,108 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2009 | #4,769 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2008 | #6,289 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2007 | #4,766 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2006 | #7,733 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #4,547 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2004 | #6,986 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #4,768 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #4,245 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2001 | #5,307 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2000 | #5,860 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #5,357 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #5,976 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1997 | #4,323 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1996 | #5,447 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #4,788 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1994 | #8,561 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #8,465 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #11,257 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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