Mackensie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Mackensie is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Coinneach”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mackensie mean?
Scottish: respelling of Mackenzie, from Gaelic MacCoinnich
“son of Coinneach”
Variant of Mackenzie, a Scottish surname that is also the name of a Highland clan.
Is Mackensie a girl's or a boy's name?
Mackensie is a girls' name.
How popular is Mackensie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Mackensie in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mackensie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,809 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,241 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,931 |
| 1996 | 48 | #2,587 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Nicknames for Mackensie
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mackensie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna, Cassidy, Kylie, Madison, Mckinley, Kennedy, Logan, Fiona, Kiara, Macie, Brianna, Kenzie
Names related to Mackensie
Mackenzie, Mckenzie, Makenzie, Makenzi, Mackenzi, Mackenzy, Mackenzee, Mckenize
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas
Sources
Figures from 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, “Mackensie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mackensie, updated 20 October 2026.