How rare is the name Mckenzie?

56,889 people in the United States have the first name Mckenzie, about 1 in 5,309. It ranks #826 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MCKENZIE

#826

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
56,889
About
1 in 5,309
This common or more
67.2%
Who bears it

Of the 56,889 people named Mckenzie, 74.6% reported their origin as White, 12.3% as Black and 6% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mckenzie peaked in 2000, when 2,586 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
2,586
In 2025*
528 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 67,045 babies have been given the name since 1917. 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.

Mckenzie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #324. The largest share of babies named Mckenzie, 54.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#9,16714
1920s#10,18220
1930s#10,17411
1940s#7,74737
1950s#9,90327
1960s#9,41245
1970s#3,124462
1980s#1,2662,467
1990s#38616,218
2000s#32422,943
2010s#36719,886
2020s#7824,915
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–9617.5%
Generation Z 1997–1254.2%
2013 and later27.2%

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 Mckenzie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mckenzie has been most common in Utah (3.7×), Oregon (3×), and Idaho (2.7×), and least common in Hawaii (0.28×).

63,871 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.

Either side of Mckenzie

#824 Marianne · 57,194#825 Orlando · 57,035#827 Sonya · 56,885#828 Vernon · 56,780

Spelled almost the same

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

#8,372 Mckenzi · 1,736#9,552 Mckinzie · 1,446#12,757 Mckenzy · 966#13,184 Mckensie · 922#16,356 Mckenzee · 691#22,430 Mckynzie · 444#31,941 Mckenize · 266#39,013 Mckenzey · 195

Also a last name

As a last name, Mckenzie ranks #569 of 156,621, with 58,046 people. See Mckenzie as a last name

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