Mackenzy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Mackenzy is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Kenneth”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mackenzy mean?
Scottish: spelling of Mackenzie; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Mackenzie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Mackenzy a girl's or a boy's name?
Mackenzy is a girls' name.
How popular is Mackenzy in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Mackenzy in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 52% of the babies named Mackenzy in the US in 1995, and 89% in 2007.
Mackenzy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 58 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 67 | #2,500 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,837 |
| 2002 | 44 | #3,192 |
| 2001 | 71 | #2,255 |
| 2000 | 60 | #2,504 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,045 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Nicknames for Mackenzy
Names like Mackenzy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kennedy, Mckinley, Avery, Emely, Madison, Mallory, Cassidy, Emery, Mckenna, Lily, Emily, Destiny
Names related to Mackenzy
Mackenzie, Makenzie, Makenzi, Mackenzi, Makenzy, Mckenzi, Makenzee, Mackenzee
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
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, “Mackenzy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mackenzy, updated 20 October 2026.