Kenzie

Where Kenzie comes from

The dictionaries list Kenzie as a given name — a female given name, short form of MacKenzie — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #7,995 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1970
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1990
    Kenzie Taylor born
    American pornographic actress
  4. 1997
    Kenzie Reeves born
    American pornographic actress
  5. 2014
    Peak, #244
    1,330 babies named Kenzie — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2022
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #517.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, short form of MacKenzie
  • A male given name, short form of MacKenzie
Namesakes
  • Kenzie Reeves · American pornographic actress, born 1997
  • Kenzie Taylor · American pornographic actress, born 1990
  • Kenzie MacNeil · Canadian politician, 1952–2021
  • Kenzie Ruston · American stock car racing driver, born 1991
  • Kenzie Anne · American pornographic actress, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.