Kenzie
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The story
Kenzie is a documented short form of Mackenzie, a given name drawn from the Scottish surname MacCoinnich. Short forms sometimes outgrow the job description: Kenzie also stands alone on thousands of US certificates. The short form did not stay small. Counting girls and boys, Mackenzie totals about 149,100 and Makenzie 45,300; Kenzie remains smaller at about 21,900. Its own rise is clear: about 2,200 in the 1990s, 5,000 in the 2000s, 10,400 in the 2010s and 3,530 so far this decade. Across the published series, Kenzie appears for about 21,400 girls and 480 boys. It is both a short form and a substantial full-name record, though Mackenzie and Makenzie remain larger. Two syllables carry the Scottish surname line into a distinctly modern American curve.
The formal names behind Kenzie
Kenzie is an established short form of each of these names.
Mackenzie · Scottish origin · surname, "son of Kenneth", traditionally "fair one"
Makenzie · Scottish origin · variant spelling of McKenzie, Scottish surname 'fair one'
Kenzie's name family
One shared root links 4 names across 2 languages.
Shared root: from Scottish Gaelic Mac Coinnich "son of Coinneach", the name anglicized as Kenneth
The family
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How popular is Kenzie around the world?
In the United States, 3,531 babies were named Kenzie between 2020 and 2025. In New Zealand, 16 girls named Kenzie were registered in 2025.
Kenzie is on the official records of the United States, New Zealand, South Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, France and Argentina.
United States
1 in 6,200
In the United States, 3,531 babies were named Kenzie between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kenzie peaked in the 2010s. Kenzie went to 1,155 US babies in 2015 and 371 in 2025, 32% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
New Zealand
1 in 3,600
In New Zealand, 16 girls named Kenzie were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
South Australia
1 in 3,7002017
In South Australia, 4 girls were registered as Kenzie in 2017.
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Kenzie in 2017.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Canada
1 in 5,200
In Canada, 71 girls named Kenzie were born in 2024, the 423rd most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Ireland
1 in 11,000
In Ireland, 5 girls named Kenzie were born in 2025, the 608th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Scotland
1 in 15,000
In Scotland, 3 boys named Kenzie were registered in 2024, the 727th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
England and Wales
1 in 18,000
In England and Wales, 17 boys named Kenzie were born in 2025, ranked 1,538th among boys that year.
In England and Wales, 15 girls named Kenzie were born in 2025, ranked 1,892nd among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
France
1 in 130,000
In France, about 5 girls named Kenzie were born in 2025, ranked 6,943rd among girls that year.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)
Argentina
1 in 330,000
In Argentina, 2 newborns were given the name Kenzie in 2024.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Mexico City City
last on record 2021
Kenzie is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Not on the record in Spain, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Kenzie
Most people given the name Kenzie in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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The Kenzie deep dive
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