Fun Facts About the Name Kenzi
- More than 3 thousand babies named Kenzi: U.S. records list 3,244 babies given the name Kenzi from 1880 through 2025. Even 38 boys received the name Kenzi - about 1 boy for every 84 girls.
What Does the Name Kenzi Mean?
Kenzi is a spelling variant of Kenzie, which comes from the Scottish Gaelic surname Mac Coinnich, meaning "son of Coinneach." The personal name Coinneach is usually translated as "comely" or "handsome," so the surname carries the sense "son of the handsome one." As a given name, Kenzi is not used with that literal clan meaning; it is simply an informal, modern spelling of Kenzie, and it shares the same origin rather than having a separate one.
Kenzi is unrelated to the similar-sounding Japanese name Kenzo, and it is not a form of the short name Ken on its own; its background runs through the Scottish Mackenzie family of names.
Kenzi Name History & Origins
Kenzi belongs to the same group as Kenzie and Mackenzie. Mackenzie is an anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic surname Mac Coinnich, and it is tied to the Highland Clan Mackenzie, in Gaelic Clann Choinnich, whose name comes from a bearer of the personal name Coinneach. Because Coinneach was anglicized as Kenneth, the surname is also sometimes explained as "son of Kenneth." As a given name, Mackenzie was used for boys in Scotland before it became common for girls in the United States, spreading through the later twentieth century. Kenzie and Kenzi are shortened spellings of that name.
The Gaelic personal name behind all of these forms is Coinneach, generally glossed as "comely" or "handsome." It is not the same word as Cináed, the older Gaelic name that also became Kenneth and is sometimes rendered "born of fire." English has merged both into Kenneth, but Kenzi's meaning traces to Coinneach, not to Cináed. In Scotland, Kenzie has also appeared as a surname in its own right and as a familiar form of Kenneth, a usage separate from its role as a short form of Mackenzie.
How Popular is the Name Kenzi?
Kenzi has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2013. Its best rank was #1,188 in 2013.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,323 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 2024 | #2,781 | 61 | 0.0038% |
| 2023 | #2,502 | 71 | 0.0044% |
| 2022 | #2,182 | 87 | 0.0053% |
| 2021 | #1,723 | 120 | 0.0073% |
| 2020 | #1,626 | 128 | 0.0079% |
| 2019 | #1,619 | 131 | 0.0078% |
| 2018 | #1,767 | 116 | 0.0068% |
| 2017 | #1,576 | 139 | 0.0081% |
| 2016 | #1,415 | 164 | 0.0093% |
| 2015 | #1,502 | 152 | 0.0085% |
| 2014 | #1,278 | 188 | 0.0105% |
| 2013 | #1,188 | 203 | 0.0116% |
| 2012 | #1,216 | 200 | 0.0114% |
| 2011 | #1,436 | 158 | 0.0090% |
| 2010 | #1,745 | 120 | 0.0068% |
| 2009 | #2,069 | 99 | 0.0054% |
| 2008 | #2,391 | 81 | 0.0043% |
| 2007 | #2,109 | 96 | 0.0050% |
| 2006 | #2,413 | 78 | 0.0041% |
| 2005 | #3,298 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 2004 | #2,698 | 61 | 0.0033% |
| 2003 | #2,722 | 58 | 0.0032% |
| 2002 | #2,456 | 65 | 0.0036% |
| 2001 | #3,169 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2000 | #2,493 | 61 | 0.0034% |
| 1999 | #3,407 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1998 | #2,821 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 1997 | #3,269 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 1996 | #3,119 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1995 | #3,930 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1994 | #2,485 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 1993 | #4,048 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1992 | #3,538 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1991 | #3,879 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1990 | #4,169 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1989 | #7,209 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #5,172 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1987 | #4,956 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1986 | #8,095 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #5,832 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1984 | #7,066 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #6,991 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #9,791 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #9,422 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #13,243 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #13,141 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #13,158 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #13,300 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #13,412 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #13,468 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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