Mackenzie

What Mackenzie means

Means “son, descendant + of Coinneach”

Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) +‎ Coinnich (“of Coinneach”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Mackenzie” (revision 87776594), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Mackenzie?

US: Falling: down from #73 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1057 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2001, when 6,934 girls got the name (#40 that year). First in the US records in 1973.

How common

• About 1 in 1,197 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 16,885 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NH (3.95 per 1,000 girls), DC (2.97 per 1,000 girls), CT (2.69 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Mackenzie is #228 in the US and #1892 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 93.1% of US babies named Mackenzie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Makenzie406 US
• Mykenzie6 US
• Makynzie6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Mackenzie

Girls

• Madison#40Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies
• Macy#718Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,483 babies; 390 in 2025
• Bailey#208“outer castle wall”^*
• Cassidy#541“descendant of Caiside”^*
• Sydney#348Variant of Sidney, meaning “wide + island”^*
• Hailey#104“hay + clearing”^*

For a brother

• Hunter#130From the word “hunter”^*
• Cole#182“coal, coal-black”^*
• Conner#864Variant of Connor, meaning “lover of hounds”^*
• Grant#228“big, large”^*
• Gage#973Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 2,939 babies; 235 in 2025
• Keaton#769possibly “hedge, enclosure + farmstead, settlement”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mackenzie’s. Rank is US 2025.