Makenzi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Makenzi is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Kenneth”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Makenzi mean?
Scottish: spelling of Mackenzie, Gaelic MacCoinnich
“son of Kenneth”
Mackenzie is a Scottish clan surname meaning 'son of Coinneach', the Gaelic form of Kenneth.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Makenzi a girl's or a boy's name?
Makenzi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makenzi 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 4 girls.
Makenzi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 2 | #6,098 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Makenzi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Makenzi, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,498th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 238 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Makenzi than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Makenzi in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,313 girls in the US were given Makenzi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #151, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
Makenzi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,498 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,752 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,584 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,635 |
| 2016 | 97 | #2,033 |
| 2015 | 117 | #1,778 |
| 2014 | 144 | #1,519 |
| 2013 | 135 | #1,587 |
| 2012 | 137 | #1,583 |
| 2011 | 183 | #1,289 |
| 2010 | 148 | #1,513 |
| 2009 | 175 | #1,358 |
| 2008 | 238 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 136 | #1,635 |
| 2006 | 162 | #1,398 |
| 2005 | 145 | #1,462 |
| 2004 | 137 | #1,469 |
| 2003 | 149 | #1,357 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,605 |
| 2001 | 127 | #1,475 |
| 2000 | 138 | #1,354 |
| 1999 | 121 | #1,440 |
| 1998 | 121 | #1,414 |
| 1997 | 99 | #1,604 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,804 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,977 |
| 1994 | 55 | #2,348 |
| 1993 | 54 | #2,346 |
| 1992 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
Nicknames for Makenzi
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Makenzi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Remi, Maddison, Dakota, Maryam, Skye, Sienna, Mia, Kiyomi, Miri, Suki, Demi, Imogen
Other spellings of Makenzi
Mackenzie, Mckenzie, Makenzie, Makenzee, Makenzy, Mackenzi, Mackenize, Mckenzi
Names related to Makenzi
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Knox, Dallas
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, “Makenzi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makenzi, updated 20 October 2026.