Mackenzie

#228 for girls in 2025, 1,343 births · #1,668 for boys in 2025, 99 births
Given to girls 94.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
2001 · 6,934 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
23 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
141,274
since 1973

Mackenzie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #40, 2001peak #366, 1994girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2281,343#1,66899
2024#2001,524#1,86286
2023#1671,744#1,81788
2022#1422,036#2,03974
2021#1232,277#2,22563
2020#1192,297#2,65847
2019#1112,591#2,73646
2018#1062,827#3,24035
2017#1002,962#3,24935
2016#853,410#3,77628
2015#733,869#3,59130
2014#694,160#3,53230
2013#624,024#2,76342
2012#713,764#3,62529
2011#683,799#3,99425
2010#683,883#3,18135
2009#773,902#2,75344
2008#654,474#3,05738
2007#654,628#2,37254
2006#535,205#1,94369
2005#515,199#1,65981
2004#445,728#1,367106
2003#455,865#1,52984
2002#426,268#1,079139
2001#406,934#912171
2000#436,350#697252
1999#525,426#630285
1998#644,890#625292
1997#714,491#526380
1996#754,597#470465
1995#883,963#398579
1994#1023,196#366648
1993#1132,897#401575
1992#1252,673#411548
1991#1981,494#495398
1990#2471,151#524355
1989#307855#531327
1988#321774#571261
1987#341711#607223
1986#439490#738151
1985#482433#889104
1984#555337#1,00079
1983#635271#1,34748
1982#693254#1,53940
1981#700240#1,39646
1980#721232#1,41045
1979#864179#1,51039
1978#694229#1,61634
1977#666237#1,26849
1976#837165#1,42739
1975#4,37014#2,75114
1974#7,6806#4,1907
1973#7,4356
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five girls were named Mackenzie! It came in at #7,435, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1974, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Mackenzie is popular in 1976

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedNHWashington: #495 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,473 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,070 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,653 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #828 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,068 girlsMINew York: #703 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,900 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedRIOregon: #402 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,756 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedSDIowa: #408 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,512 girlsIAIndiana: #662 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,757 girlsINOhio: #631 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,736 girlsOHPennsylvania: #933 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,881 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #383 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,742 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,034 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 10,276 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedUTColorado: #353 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,026 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #611 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,899 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #657 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,398 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedALGeorgia: #710 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,176 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mackenzie, so not publishedHITexas: #1,365 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,117 girlsTXFlorida: #777 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,828 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Colorado#353 · 1 in 2,026
  2. Connecticut#383 · 1 in 2,742
  3. Oregon#402 · 1 in 2,756
  4. Iowa#408 · 1 in 3,512
  5. Washington#495 · 1 in 3,473

Best ever in a state: #6 in Wyoming, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Colorado#35381 in 2,026
Connecticut#38351 in 2,742
Oregon#40251 in 2,756
Iowa#40851 in 3,512
Washington#49561 in 3,473
Missouri#61151 in 5,899
Ohio#631101 in 6,736
North Carolina#65751 in 6,398
Indiana#66251 in 6,757
New York#703171 in 5,900
Georgia#71051 in 6,176
Florida#77761 in 6,828
Michigan#82861 in 9,068
Pennsylvania#93351 in 12,881
California#1,034141 in 10,276
Illinois#1,07061 in 11,653
Texas#1,36561 in 16,117
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Mackenzie
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#200#228)
  • 109 spots since 2020 (#119#228)
  • 155 spots since 2015 (#73#228)
  • Biggest jump: 3,533 spots in 1976 (#4,370#837)
  • Biggest drop: 170 spots in 1979 (#694#864)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 2001 at #40 (6,934 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1995–2017
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1976–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 260
  • Highest: 1 in 260 girls born in 2001 were named Mackenzie (0.39%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,197 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 38.6% of all girls named Mackenzie (54,553) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1975
  • Mostly boys until 1974, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s836#666 (1977)#3,221
1980s4,597#307 (1989)#519
1990s34,778#52 (1999)#114
2000s54,553#40 (2001)#53
2010s35,289#62 (2013)#81
2020s11,221#119 (2020)#163

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mackenzie in 1976

girls
#837
165 births · 1 in 8,879 girls
boys
#1,427
39 births · 1 in 40,231 boys

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #837Mackenzie165

Top boys' names in 1976

  1. #1Michael66,915
  2. #2Jason52,643
  3. #3Christopher45,190
  4. #4David39,265
  5. #5James38,294
  6. #6John33,976
  7. #7Robert33,789
  8. #8Brian30,517
  9. #9Matthew29,951
  10. #10Daniel24,702
  11. #1,427Mackenzie39
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 8,879 of them was named Mackenzie, which outranked 92.3% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mackenzie
  1. #832Rosie166
  2. #832Takisha166
  3. #832Tarsha166
  4. #837Mackenzie165
  5. #837Annemarie165
  6. #839Christel164
  7. #840Geraldine163
  8. #840Ryan163

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,548Rhiannon#4,141#593
  2. 3,533Mackenzie#4,370#837
  3. 3,060Khalilah#3,774#714
  4. 1,663Kenisha#2,612#949
  5. 1,455Latoria#2,411#956
Fallers
  1. 821Nyree#926#1,747
  2. 668Syreeta#778#1,446
  3. 505Cher#994#1,499
  4. 398Kandice#957#1,355
  5. 370Racquel#973#1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 40,231 of them was named Mackenzie, which outranked 78.0% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mackenzie
  1. #1,411Maynard40
  2. #1,411Tarus40
  3. #1,411Teodoro40
  4. #1,427Mackenzie39
  5. #1,427Booker39
  6. #1,427Chip39
  7. #1,427Daryll39
  8. #1,453Abdullah38
  9. #1,453Corrie38
  10. #1,453Cy38

Tied with 25 names at #1,427; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,506Seneca#4,309#803
  2. 1,165Jameel#2,134#969
  3. 712Delvin#1,658#946
  4. 567Jerimy#1,530#963
  5. 510Jamaal#1,042#532
Fallers
  1. 1,113Santino#1,000#2,113
  2. 511Carnell#900#1,411
  3. 453Nakia#337#790
  4. 395Charlton#938#1,333
  5. 376Benjiman#970#1,346

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1976