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Mackenzie

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95% girls / 5% boys

Origin of the name

Mackenzie comes from a Scottish surname, Gaelic MacCoinnich, “son of Coinneach,” that is, of Kenneth.

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Short-lived name

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2001 was its best year: 6,934 births, or 1 baby in 540. Since then, the name has fallen 74%, to about 1,780 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 228. 39% of all babies named Mackenzie since 1880 were born in the 2000s.
141,274births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 40rank at its peak, in 2001

Where babies named Mackenzie are born

2001

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The darker the blue, the more common Mackenzie is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Mackenzie is most common in Maine (2.1 times), New Hampshire (2) and Delaware (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1970s82%18%
1980s78%22%
1990s88%12%
2000s98%2%
2010s99%1%
2020s96%4%