Mackenzie
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The story
Mackenzie is a Scottish clan name, MacCoinnich, son of Kenneth, and Kenneth itself is traditionally read as the fair one, so the name carries a small compliment in its bones. For centuries it stayed a surname, the badge of a Highland clan with its own tartan and castle country. American parents began writing it on birth certificates in the 1970s, and it is often noted that the actress Mackenzie Phillips was a household face in exactly those years; the timing lines up, though no one can say for certain. From there the name caught the 1990s surname wave and surged, holding a high plateau through the 2000s and 2010s before easing slightly in the 2020s. Unmistakably Scottish yet thoroughly American in use, Mackenzie splits the difference between heritage and playground, with Kenzie standing by as the modern short form.
Mackenzie'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
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How popular is Mackenzie around the world?
In the United States, 11,678 babies were named Mackenzie between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 38 girls were registered as Mackenzie in 2017.
Mackenzie is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, New South Wales, Canada, Ireland, England and Wales, Mexico City, Scotland, Chile, Argentina, France and Brazil.
United States
1 in 1,900
In the United States, 11,678 babies were named Mackenzie between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Mackenzie peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure. Mackenzie went to 3,899 US babies in 2015 and 1,442 in 2025, 37% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
South Australia
1 in 4502017
In South Australia, 38 girls were registered as Mackenzie 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
New South Wales
#80 · 2025
In New South Wales, 89 girls named Mackenzie were registered in 2025, ranked 80th in that year’s top 100 for girls.
share of that year’s top-100 registrations
New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names
Canada
1 in 1,400
In Canada, 194 girls named Mackenzie were born in 2024, the 138th most common name among girls that year.
In Canada, 61 boys named Mackenzie were born in 2024, the 486th most common name among boys 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 14,000
In Ireland, 4 girls named Mackenzie were born in 2025, the 718th 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
England and Wales
1 in 14,000
In England and Wales, 27 boys named Mackenzie were born in 2025, ranked 1,093rd among boys that year.
In England and Wales, 15 girls named Mackenzie 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
Mexico City City
1 in 15,000
In Mexico City, there were 8 registrations of Mackenzie in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
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
Scotland
1 in 15,000
In Scotland, 3 boys named Mackenzie 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
Chile
1 in 45,000
In Chile, 4 girls were registered as Mackenzie in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Argentina
1 in 83,000
In Argentina, 8 newborns were given the name Mackenzie in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
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
France
1 in 130,000
In France, about 5 girls named Mackenzie were born in 2025, ranked 3,792nd 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)
Austria
last on record 2024
Mackenzie is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 67 people in Brazil were named Mackenzie, ranked 54,512th, with a median age of 5.
The census also counted 27 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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 Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. 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 Mackenzie
Most people given the name Mackenzie in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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