Fun Facts About the Name Kinzie
- More than 1 thousand babies named Kinzie: U.S. records list 1,638 babies given the name Kinzie from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kinzie Mean?
Kinzie is a Scottish surname used as a given name, most often explained as a clipped form of the Gaelic patronymic Mac Coinnich, meaning "son of Coinneach." Coinneach is an old Gaelic personal name usually translated as "comely" or "handsome," from caoin, "comely, fair, gentle." The same patronymic was anglicized in several ways, including MacKenzie, McKenzie, and McKinzie; Kinzie is the form left when the Mac is dropped.
Not every family named Kinzie necessarily shares that root. The similar English surname Kinsey has a separate origin, generally traced to a place name or to the Old English personal name Cynesige (from cyne-, "royal," and sige, "victory"), and the two spellings can be confused in older records. As with most surnames, the literal meaning describes a father's name, not a quality of the person who bears it.
Kinzie Name History & Origins
Kinzie belongs to the large group of Scottish surnames that began as patronymics in the Gaelic-speaking Highlands. Once written records were kept in English rather than Gaelic, Mac Coinnich was spelled in many ways; MacKenzie and McKenzie became the most familiar, while McKinzie, M'Kinzie, and the shortened Kinzie also appear. A clipped form like this could arise independently in more than one place, so a single origin for all Kinzie families cannot be assumed.
The surname came to North America with Scottish immigrants. John Kinzie, born in Quebec in 1763 to a Scottish family, settled at Chicago in 1804 and was one of the small settlement's best-known early residents; the Kinzie name survives in Chicago street and place names connected to his family.
In the United States, Kinzie has also been used as a given name, usually for girls, alongside the related forms Kenzie and Mackenzie. That given-name use is separate from the surname's Gaelic patronymic origin.
How Popular is the Name Kinzie?
Kinzie 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 2015. Its best rank was #2,270 in 2015.
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 | #5,160 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #6,035 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #5,188 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #4,416 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 2021 | #4,368 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 2020 | #4,121 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2019 | #4,498 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2018 | #3,764 | 40 | 0.0024% |
| 2017 | #3,887 | 39 | 0.0023% |
| 2016 | #2,924 | 58 | 0.0033% |
| 2015 | #2,270 | 83 | 0.0047% |
| 2014 | #2,905 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 2013 | #2,449 | 74 | 0.0042% |
| 2012 | #2,585 | 70 | 0.0040% |
| 2011 | #2,311 | 81 | 0.0046% |
| 2010 | #2,504 | 74 | 0.0042% |
| 2009 | #2,716 | 67 | 0.0036% |
| 2008 | #2,598 | 72 | 0.0038% |
| 2007 | #2,497 | 75 | 0.0039% |
| 2006 | #3,071 | 55 | 0.0029% |
| 2005 | #3,236 | 48 | 0.0026% |
| 2004 | #2,910 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 2003 | #3,774 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2002 | #3,085 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2001 | #3,455 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2000 | #3,306 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1999 | #3,470 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1998 | #3,045 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1997 | #6,338 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #6,226 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1995 | #4,155 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1994 | #4,929 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1993 | #5,558 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1992 | #4,157 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1991 | #5,798 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1990 | #6,666 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #5,986 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #6,075 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #9,290 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #6,373 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #11,549 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #5,696 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #8,498 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #7,074 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #11,218 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #11,005 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #9,085 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #7,943 | 7 | 0.0005% |
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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