Fun Facts About the Name Mckenzi
- More than 2 thousand babies named Mckenzi: U.S. records list 2,022 babies given the name Mckenzi from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mckenzi Mean?
Mckenzi is a spelling variant of the Scottish surname and given name Mackenzie, which comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Coinnich, literally "son of Coinneach." In Gaelic naming, mac means "son," and Coinneach is a personal name usually translated as "comely," "fair," or "handsome." So the underlying sense is "son of the handsome one," with the emphasis on descent from an ancestor named Coinneach rather than on the adjective itself.
The spelling Mckenzi keeps the anglicized Mc form of Mac and writes the final syllable with -i instead of the more usual -ie or -y. A common gloss, "son of Kenneth," is a loose rendering: Coinneach has often been anglicized as Kenneth, but English Kenneth also stands for a separate Gaelic name, Cinaed, so the two should not be merged.
Mckenzi Name History & Origins
The name behind Mckenzi is the Highland Scottish surname Mackenzie, carried by Clan Mackenzie (in Gaelic Clann Choinnich), whose traditional heartland was Kintail in Ross-shire, in the northwest Highlands, near the stronghold of Eilean Donan. The clan name is a patronymic, Mac Coinnich, "son of Coinneach," referring to an ancestor figure rather than to a descriptive phrase. Coinneach is a Gaelic personal name that has frequently been rendered in English as Kenneth; it is distinct from the Gaelic name Cinaed, which is also anglicized as Kenneth, and the two are often confused.
As a surname, the name appears in English records in a range of spellings, among them Mackenzie, McKenzie, and Mackenzy, reflecting the loose anglicization of Gaelic sounds. Scottish surnames of this patronymic type came to be used as given names in the English-speaking world, and Mackenzie established itself as a first name in the twentieth century, given to girls as well as boys. The form Mckenzi is a modern phonetic respelling with a final -i; it is a given-name spelling rather than a traditional clan form.
How Popular is the Name Mckenzi?
Mckenzi 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 1996. Its best rank was #1,622 in 1996.
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 | #16,451 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #12,956 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #10,864 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #10,924 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #8,803 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #5,779 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2019 | #4,735 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2018 | #4,737 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2017 | #3,746 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 2016 | #3,087 | 54 | 0.0030% |
| 2015 | #2,958 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 2014 | #3,401 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2013 | #2,477 | 73 | 0.0042% |
| 2012 | #2,756 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 2011 | #2,502 | 73 | 0.0042% |
| 2010 | #2,509 | 74 | 0.0042% |
| 2009 | #2,721 | 67 | 0.0036% |
| 2008 | #2,349 | 83 | 0.0044% |
| 2007 | #2,305 | 84 | 0.0044% |
| 2006 | #2,660 | 68 | 0.0036% |
| 2005 | #2,661 | 64 | 0.0035% |
| 2004 | #2,417 | 71 | 0.0039% |
| 2003 | #2,543 | 64 | 0.0035% |
| 2002 | #2,459 | 65 | 0.0036% |
| 2001 | #1,918 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 2000 | #2,045 | 81 | 0.0045% |
| 1999 | #1,931 | 82 | 0.0046% |
| 1998 | #2,232 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 1997 | #1,779 | 85 | 0.0049% |
| 1996 | #1,622 | 95 | 0.0054% |
| 1995 | #2,206 | 61 | 0.0035% |
| 1994 | #2,397 | 54 | 0.0030% |
| 1993 | #2,166 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 1992 | #3,188 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1991 | #3,192 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1990 | #4,465 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1989 | #10,432 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #4,113 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1987 | #5,224 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1986 | #10,385 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #11,514 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #9,773 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #9,891 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #11,478 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #11,274 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #10,781 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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