Kenzie
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #736 for girls
Kenzie is a name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Coinneach, handsome”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 736th for girls in the US (371 babies).
What does Kenzie mean?
Scottish: short form of Mackenzie
“son of Coinneach, handsome”
Short form of Mackenzie, from the Scottish surname Mac Coinnich, son of Coinneach, the Gaelic name anglicised as Kenneth.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kenzie a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kenzie has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls and 17 boys in the UK and 371 girls in the US.
How popular is Kenzie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,613th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Kenzie, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,150th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 472 boys. 18 girls were also named Kenzie in 2025 (1,690th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kenzie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were given Kenzie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,242, up from #1,613 for this spelling alone.
- Kenzie 17
- Kenzy 3
Girls were 87% of the babies named Kenzie in the UK in 1998, and 51% in 2025.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Kenzie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,364 |
| 2021 | 33 | #993 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,150 |
| 2019 | 36 | #909 |
| 2018 | 48 | #767 |
| 2017 | 43 | #838 |
| 2016 | 70 | #594 |
| 2015 | 78 | #549 |
| 2014 | 116 | #400 |
| 2013 | 159 | #309 |
| 2012 | 238 | #238 |
| 2011 | 278 | #210 |
| 2010 | 382 | #165 |
| 2009 | 472 | #139 |
| 2008 | 346 | #170 |
| 2007 | 316 | #183 |
| 2006 | 314 | #174 |
| 2005 | 352 | #153 |
| 2004 | 30 | #807 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,124 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 2 | #3,980 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 2 | #3,848 |
How popular is Kenzie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 736th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 371 about 1 in 4,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 371 girls in the US were named Kenzie, making it the 736th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 368th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 1,330 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kenzie than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Kenzie 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 Kenzie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #625, up from #736 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 70% of the babies named Kenzie in the US in 1979, and 99% in 2024.
Kenzie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 371 | #736 |
| 2024 | 473 | #628 |
| 2023 | 525 | #566 |
| 2022 | 600 | #517 |
| 2021 | 676 | #463 |
| 2020 | 843 | #368 |
| 2019 | 781 | #395 |
| 2018 | 889 | #356 |
| 2017 | 842 | #371 |
| 2016 | 993 | #333 |
| 2015 | 1,145 | #275 |
| 2014 | 1,330 | #244 |
| 2013 | 1,242 | #257 |
| 2012 | 1,209 | #269 |
| 2011 | 1,025 | #309 |
| 2010 | 863 | #370 |
| 2009 | 700 | #449 |
| 2008 | 669 | #475 |
| 2007 | 652 | #496 |
| 2006 | 531 | #554 |
| 2005 | 501 | #571 |
| 2004 | 425 | #644 |
| 2003 | 403 | #658 |
| 2002 | 386 | #654 |
| 2001 | 311 | #767 |
| 2000 | 345 | #687 |
| 1999 | 324 | #695 |
| 1998 | 314 | #704 |
| 1997 | 254 | #814 |
| 1996 | 244 | #824 |
| 1995 | 191 | #980 |
| 1994 | 225 | #868 |
| 1993 | 151 | #1,162 |
| 1992 | 177 | #1,040 |
| 1991 | 147 | #1,180 |
| 1990 | 118 | #1,343 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,846 |
| 1988 | 70 | #1,786 |
| 1987 | 59 | #1,917 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,951 |
| 1985 | 36 | #2,656 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,432 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,451 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Kenzie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vinnie, Logan, Noah, Alfie, Brody, Charlie, Maxwell, Caleb, Riley, Isaac, Jacob, Austin
Other spellings of Kenzie
Names related to Kenzie
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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, “Kenzie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenzie, updated 20 October 2026.