Makenzie

What Makenzie means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Makenzie yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #210 in 2015, #700 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Makenzie?

US: Falling: down from #210 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2011, when 2,210 girls got the name (#139 that year). First in the US records in 1975.

How common

• About 1 in 3,959 baby girls in the US 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 SC (0.77 per 1,000 girls), LA (0.67 per 1,000 girls), AL (0.66 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Makenzie is #700 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Makenzie were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mackenzie1,343 US · 15 E&W
• 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 Makenzie

Girls

• Kaylee#255Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #61 in 2015, #255 in 2025
• Hailey#104“hay + clearing”^*
• Kendall#328“spring + valley”^*
• Payton#440“enclosure; settlement, town”^*
• Makenna#593Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2005, with 1,619 babies; 495 in 2025
• Madison#40Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies

For a brother

• Peyton#683Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2007, with 3,375 babies; 398 in 2025
• Keegan#621“son of Aidan”^*
• Davis#668Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #668 vs #5,137 in 2025
• Logan#53“little hollow”^*
• Keaton#769possibly “hedge, enclosure + farmstead, settlement”^*
• Quinn#466“descendant of Chief”^*

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 Makenzie’s. Rank is US 2025.