Makenzi

#6,466 in 2025Girls' name

Son, descendant + of Coinneach, through MacKenzie

Makenzi has been given to 3,631 babies in the U.S. since 1984. In 2025 it ranked #6,466 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 238 recorded.

Babies named Makenzi, 2025

1 in 184,000

Makenzi over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Makenzi: meaning, origin, and history

Son, descendant + of Coinneach, through MacKenzie

surname transfer

What Makenzi means

Makenzi belongs to the name family reached through Makenzi → MacKenzie. Its meaning is “son, descendant + of Coinneach”.

Origin, language, and formation

Makenzi is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Makenzi is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include MacKenzie.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,631 girls were recorded with the name Makenzi between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 238 in 2008; its best national rank was #1,093 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,530 in 2020 to #6,466 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,788 in 2015 to #6,466 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Makenzi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 184,000; 18 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 89,300; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #6,466; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 127,662 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Makenzi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Makenzi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Makenzis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Makenzi was born before 2007 — so the typical Makenzi is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 41.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 75.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 3,631; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 41.9% of all recorded uses (1,522).

Is Makenzi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −2,376; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,936; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −4,678; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.15×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 7.6%; Peak was 2008 (238)
Years since peak: 17; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,093; 2008

Spellings of Makenzi

Makenzi is not the most common spelling — Mackenzie is, with 45.1% against Makenzi's 1.2%.

Mackenzie45.1%141,274
Mckenzie20.7%64,779
Makenzie14.4%45,023
Makenna10.8%33,741
Makena2.1%6,568
Makenzi1.2%3,631
Kenzi1.0%3,208
Mackenzi0.65%2,050

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Makenzi is used

Across 2016–2025, Makenzi was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 16,667 girls, against 1 in 65,686 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

16 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Louisiana1 in 16,667
2Alabama1 in 33,333
3North Carolina1 in 33,333
4Texas1 in 50,000
5California1 in 100,000
6Florida1 in 100,000
7Illinois1 in 100,000
8Virginia1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Makenzi around the world

Where Makenzi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2005–2009
#5,556
in 2009
South Australia
2006–2009
#818
in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Makenzi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #6,466
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,936
Best rank ever: #1,093; 2008
Peak year: 2008; 238 that year
First recorded: 1984
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 3,631
Count in 2025: 18

Names similar to Makenzi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Makiyah Makynzi Makaila Makaela Makinzi Makaylah Makenzy Makiya Makyla Makiah Makena Makinley Makeda Makaylee Mckenzi Makylah Makaiya Makaya Makenzee Makynna Makala Makynzie Makenna Makeyla

Names with a curve like Makenzi

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Makenzi, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

Mackenna Abrianna Ryley Lexy Alli Rileigh Brynna Maiya Abbygail Emalee Hayleigh Brookelyn

Sibling names for Makenzi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Rhianna Jaiden Jazmyne Taniya Abagail Jaylen Hayleigh Yahaira

For a brother

Kale Aaden Gavyn Brennen Keven Jamarcus Nevin Zakary

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