Makenzie

“Variant of MacKenzie — Son of Coinneach” — Scottish Gaelic origin

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

Makenzie reached its best rank, #139, in 2011 and ranked #700 in 2025. Roughly 45,000 girls have been named Makenzie since 1975. 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. Popular twin pairings with Makenzie include Makayla and Madison for girls.

Around the world: about 1 in 10,000 girls in Canada (2024).

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

Famous Makenzies

Makenzie Vega — American actress
Makenzie Fischer — American water polo player
Makenzie Leigh — actor
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.

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

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