How popular is the name Mackenzie?

Mackenzie ranks 224th among girls' names in US records, with 214,354 births since 1973. Over the past decade it accounts for 38,503.

Is Mackenzie a unisex name?

No. Mackenzie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2001, when 9,412 children were given the name. It has been in use for 52 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Mckenzie. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#224 of girl names

Pronounced M AH0 K EH1 N Z IY0 (ARPABET)

Mackenzie is a girls' name, and first appears in 1973. It has been given to 214,354 children — the 224th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 41% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2001, when 9,412 children were given it.

Mckenzie is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2001Girls: 9,412Boys: 219

These spellings sound identical to Mackenzie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Mackenzie?: Mackenzie ranks 224th among girls' names in US records, with 214,354 births since 1973. Over the past decade it accounts for 38,503.
Is Mackenzie a unisex name?: No. Mackenzie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Mackenzie most popular?: 2001, when 9,412 children were given the name. It has been in use for 52 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Mackenzie spelled?: Mckenzie. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.