Mackenzi
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- muh-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Mackenzi is a name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Kenneth”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Mackenzi mean?
Scottish: spelling of Makenzi, itself a spelling of Mackenzie, Gaelic MacCoinnich
“son of Kenneth”
Mackenzie is a Scottish clan surname meaning 'son of Coinneach', the Gaelic form of Kenneth.
Meaning borrowed from Makenzi. More on Wiktionary.
Is Mackenzi a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mackenzi has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US.
How popular is Mackenzi in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 5 girls.
Mackenzi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 2 | #5,472 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Mackenzi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Mackenzi, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 105 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer girls named Mackenzi than any year since 1985.
Half of all the girls named Mackenzi in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,313 girls in the US were given Mackenzi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #151, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Mackenzi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 65 | #2,708 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 55 | #3,043 |
| 2009 | 70 | #2,613 |
| 2008 | 83 | #2,334 |
| 2007 | 81 | #2,348 |
| 2006 | 89 | #2,165 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,700 |
| 2004 | 73 | #2,342 |
| 2003 | 105 | #1,785 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,803 |
| 2001 | 100 | #1,774 |
| 2000 | 102 | #1,715 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,783 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,688 |
| 1997 | 73 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 63 | #2,148 |
| 1995 | 83 | #1,742 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,412 |
| 1992 | 65 | #2,073 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Nicknames for Mackenzi
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mackenzi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Madison Nayeli Mckinley Mckenna Amari Leilani Mariah Addison Imani Demi Yareli Miracle
Other spellings of Mackenzi
Mackenzie Mckenzie Makenzie Makenzi Makenzee Makenzy Mackenize Mckenzi
Names related to Mackenzi
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox
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, “Mackenzi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mackenzi, updated 20 October 2026.