Mckensie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Mckensie is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of the handsome one”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mckensie mean?
Scottish: respelling of Mackenzie, from Gaelic MacCoinnich
“son of the handsome one”
A respelling of Mackenzie, an Anglicised Gaelic surname meaning 'son of Coinneach'.
Is Mckensie a girl's or a boy's name?
Mckensie is a girls' name.
How popular is Mckensie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Mckensie in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mckensie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,619 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
Nicknames for Mckensie
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mckensie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mackenzie, Cassidy, Kennedy, Kylie, Logan, Kiara, Fiona, Brianna, Mckinley, Teagan, Kaylee, Brooklyn
Names related to Mckensie
Mckenzie, Mckenzi, Mckinsey, Mckenzee, Mckynzie, Mckenize, Mckenzy
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, “Mckensie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mckensie, updated 20 October 2026.