Mackenzie
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- ma-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,162 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #228 for girls
Mackenzie is a name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Kenneth”. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 228th for girls in the US (1,343 babies).
What does Mackenzie mean?
Scottish: Gaelic surname MacCoinnich
“son of Kenneth”
From the Scottish surname MacCoinnich, son of Coinneach (Kenneth); the z stands for an old letter, yogh, once sounded like y.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mackenzie a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mackenzie has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls and 27 boys in the UK and 1,343 girls and 99 boys in the US.
How popular is Mackenzie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,162nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Mackenzie, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 592 boys. 18 girls were also named Mackenzie in 2025 (1,690th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Mackenzie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 boys in the UK were given Mackenzie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #666, up from #1,162 for this spelling alone.
- Mackenzie 27
- Mckenzie 25
In 2025, 40% of the babies named Mackenzie in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,093rd in England and Wales.
Mackenzie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,162 |
| 2024 | 37 | #923 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,160 |
| 2022 | 30 | #1,070 |
| 2021 | 35 | #960 |
| 2020 | 32 | #981 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,103 |
| 2018 | 40 | #860 |
| 2017 | 38 | #901 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,010 |
| 2015 | 48 | #747 |
| 2014 | 65 | #605 |
| 2013 | 106 | #437 |
| 2012 | 127 | #383 |
| 2011 | 172 | #297 |
| 2010 | 228 | #240 |
| 2009 | 317 | #191 |
| 2008 | 430 | #150 |
| 2007 | 471 | #133 |
| 2006 | 506 | #125 |
| 2005 | 592 | #111 |
| 2004 | 522 | #123 |
| 2003 | 421 | #134 |
| 2002 | 208 | #192 |
| 2001 | 104 | #303 |
| 2000 | 87 | #344 |
| 1999 | 70 | #371 |
| 1998 | 64 | #399 |
| 1997 | 43 | #498 |
| 1996 | 48 | #446 |
How popular is Mackenzie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 228th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,343 about 1 in 1,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,343 girls in the US were named Mackenzie, making it the 228th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 119th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 6,934 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973. 99 boys were also named Mackenzie in 2025 (1,668th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Mackenzie than any year since 1990.
Half of all the girls named Mackenzie in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,313 girls in the US were given Mackenzie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #151, up from #228 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 93% of the babies named Mackenzie in the US were girls.
Mackenzie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,343 | #228 |
| 2024 | 1,524 | #200 |
| 2023 | 1,744 | #167 |
| 2022 | 2,036 | #142 |
| 2021 | 2,277 | #123 |
| 2020 | 2,297 | #119 |
| 2019 | 2,591 | #111 |
| 2018 | 2,827 | #106 |
| 2017 | 2,962 | #100 |
| 2016 | 3,410 | #85 |
| 2015 | 3,869 | #73 |
| 2014 | 4,160 | #69 |
| 2013 | 4,024 | #62 |
| 2012 | 3,764 | #71 |
| 2011 | 3,799 | #68 |
| 2010 | 3,883 | #68 |
| 2009 | 3,902 | #77 |
| 2008 | 4,474 | #65 |
| 2007 | 4,628 | #65 |
| 2006 | 5,205 | #53 |
| 2005 | 5,199 | #51 |
| 2004 | 5,728 | #44 |
| 2003 | 5,865 | #45 |
| 2002 | 6,268 | #42 |
| 2001 | 6,934 | #40 |
| 2000 | 6,350 | #43 |
| 1999 | 5,426 | #52 |
| 1998 | 4,890 | #64 |
| 1997 | 4,491 | #71 |
| 1996 | 4,597 | #75 |
| 1995 | 3,963 | #88 |
| 1994 | 3,196 | #102 |
| 1993 | 2,897 | #113 |
| 1992 | 2,673 | #125 |
| 1991 | 1,494 | #198 |
| 1990 | 1,151 | #247 |
| 1989 | 855 | #307 |
| 1988 | 774 | #321 |
| 1987 | 711 | #341 |
| 1986 | 490 | #439 |
| 1985 | 433 | #482 |
| 1984 | 337 | #555 |
| 1983 | 271 | #635 |
| 1982 | 254 | #693 |
| 1981 | 240 | #700 |
| 1980 | 232 | #721 |
| 1979 | 179 | #864 |
| 1978 | 229 | #694 |
| 1977 | 237 | #666 |
| 1976 | 165 | #837 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
Nicknames for Mackenzie
Names like Mackenzie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cameron, Joshua, Vinnie, Benjamin, Maxwell, Jamie, Ethan, Logan, Luke, Matthew, Dylan, Zachary
Other spellings of Mackenzie
Mckenzie, Makenzie, Makenzi, Makenzee, Makenzy, Mackenzi, Mackenize, Mckenzi
Names related to Mackenzie
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Arabella, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Lochlan, Reid
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, “Mackenzie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mackenzie, updated 20 October 2026.