Makenzie

Meaning: Son of Coinneach
Origin: Variant of MacKenzie (from Scottish Gaelic)

Girl's name · #700 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Makenzie reached its best rank, #139, in 2011 and ranked #700 in 2025. Roughly 45,000 girls have been named Makenzie since 1975.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,668 in Canada (2024).

Famous Makenzies

Makenzie Vega — American actress
Makenzie Fischer — American water polo player
Makenzie Leigh — American actor (born 1990)
Makenzie Lystrup — Astrophysicist and director of the Goddard Space Flight Center
Makenzie Dunmore — American sprinter (born 1997)

What Makenzies become

Among 28 notable people named Makenzie:

Sports figures appear 3.03× more often than among typical names — e.g. Makenzie Fischer, American water polo player.

Twin names

Popular twin pairings with Makenzie include Makayla and Madison for girls.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Mackenzie (#228) and Mckenzie (#576), Makenzie would rank around #120 with about 2,300 births last year — the newborns split about 59/23/18 across Mackenzie, Mckenzie, and Makenzie.

Similar names: Mackenzie · Ashlynn · Makenna · Yaretzi · Keira · Kassidy

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