Kenzi
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Kenzi is a name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Coinneach (handsome)”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
What does Kenzi mean?
Scottish: short form of Mackenzie
“son of Coinneach (handsome)”
A short form of Mackenzie, from the Scottish Gaelic surname Mac Coinnich, 'son of Coinneach'.
Is Kenzi a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kenzi has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 47 girls in the US.
How popular is Kenzi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Kenzi, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 26 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kenzi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were given Kenzi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,139, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 62% of the babies named Kenzi in the UK in 2005, and 75% in 2022.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Kenzi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
How popular is Kenzi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,295th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Kenzi, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,623rd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 203 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kenzi than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Kenzi in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 468 girls in the US were given Kenzi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #625, up from #3,295 for this spelling alone.
Kenzi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,775 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,494 |
| 2022 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2021 | 120 | #1,721 |
| 2020 | 128 | #1,623 |
| 2019 | 131 | #1,614 |
| 2018 | 116 | #1,762 |
| 2017 | 139 | #1,572 |
| 2016 | 164 | #1,412 |
| 2015 | 152 | #1,501 |
| 2014 | 188 | #1,275 |
| 2013 | 203 | #1,184 |
| 2012 | 200 | #1,214 |
| 2011 | 158 | #1,434 |
| 2010 | 121 | #1,720 |
| 2009 | 99 | #2,064 |
| 2008 | 81 | #2,380 |
| 2007 | 96 | #2,101 |
| 2006 | 78 | #2,396 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 61 | #2,675 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,704 |
| 2002 | 65 | #2,444 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 61 | #2,476 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,795 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,873 |
| 1994 | 51 | #2,460 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
Names like Kenzi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Remi, Kiki, Suki, Rumi, Kiyomi, Miri, Dakota, Kyomi, Isla, Aoife, Zuri, Yumna
Other spellings of Kenzi
Names related to Kenzi
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kenzi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenzi, updated 20 October 2026.