Mckenzi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ma-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Mckenzi is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Kenneth”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Mckenzi mean?
Scottish: spelling of Mckenzie, itself a spelling of Mackenzie
“son of Kenneth”
Spelling of Mackenzie, from the Scottish surname MacCoinnich, son of Coinneach (Kenneth).
Meaning borrowed from Mckenzie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Mckenzi a girl's or a boy's name?
Mckenzi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mckenzi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mckenzi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mckenzi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
How popular is Mckenzi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Mckenzi, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 95 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer girls named Mckenzi than any year since 1985.
Half of all the girls named Mckenzi in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,313 girls in the US were given Mckenzi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #151, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Mckenzi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 54 | #3,060 |
| 2015 | 59 | #2,927 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,367 |
| 2013 | 73 | #2,458 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,734 |
| 2011 | 73 | #2,482 |
| 2010 | 74 | #2,493 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,704 |
| 2008 | 83 | #2,334 |
| 2007 | 84 | #2,293 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,631 |
| 2005 | 64 | #2,632 |
| 2004 | 71 | #2,393 |
| 2003 | 64 | #2,519 |
| 2002 | 65 | #2,444 |
| 2001 | 91 | #1,897 |
| 2000 | 81 | #2,030 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,911 |
| 1998 | 64 | #2,218 |
| 1997 | 85 | #1,764 |
| 1996 | 95 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 61 | #2,184 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,376 |
| 1993 | 62 | #2,147 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,153 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Nicknames for Mckenzi
Names like Mckenzi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Malachi, Oliver, Charlie, Leon, Harvey, Max, Harrison, Evan, Maxwell, Aiden, Logan, Alfie
Other spellings of Mckenzi
Mackenzie, Mckenzie, Makenzie, Makenzi, Makenzee, Makenzy, Mackenzi, Mackenize
Names related to Mckenzi
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Lochlan
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, “Mckenzi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mckenzi, updated 20 October 2026.