Mackenzie

Where Mackenzie comes from

Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter ⟨ȝ⟩ confused with ⟨z⟩. Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) + Coinnich (“of Coinneach”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Mackenzie
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1973
    First appearance
    #7,435 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    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. 1987
    Mackenzie Davis born
    Canadian actress
  4. 2000
    Mackenzie Foy born
    American actress
  5. 2001
    Peak, #40
    6,934 babies named Mackenzie — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #85.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage, also in the form Makenzie.
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Mackenzie Foy · American actress, born 2000
  • Mackenzie Davis · Canadian actress, born 1987
  • Mackenzie Bowell · 5th Prime Minister of Canada, 1823–1917
  • Mackenzie Crook · English actor, director, comedian and writer, born 1971
  • Mackenzie Ziegler · American singer, dancer, actress and model, born 2004

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.