How rare is the name Kenzie?

18,539 people in the United States have the first name Kenzie, about 1 in 16,292. It ranks #1,676 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KENZIE

#1,676

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
18,539
About
1 in 16,292
This common or more
76.4%
Who bears it

Of the 18,539 people named Kenzie, 78.6% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% as two or more races. 97.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kenzie peaked in 2014, when 1,330 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
1,330
In 2025*
371 ▼72%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 21,874 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kenzie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #639. The largest share of babies named Kenzie, 49.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#11,45212
1940s#10,74511
1950s#8,74640
1960s#13,33215
1970s#7,607115
1980s#3,415504
1990s#1,5872,226
2000s#1,0875,033
2010s#63910,382
2020s#1,0303,531
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–968.1%
Generation Z 1997–1241.5%
2013 and later49.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kenzie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kenzie has been most common in Utah (2.9×), Nevada (2.5×), and Arizona (1.7×), and least common in New York (0.41×).

19,681 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kenzie, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Kenzie ranks #102,164 of 156,621, with 188 people. See Kenzie as a last name

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