Makenzie Girl
How popular is Makenzie?
#700 girl name in 2025
406 baby girls were named Makenzie in the US in 2025, making it the 700th most popular girl name.
Makenzie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #700 for girls (▼ 64 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 406 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-74% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #210 in 2015, #345 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (2,210 girls) |
| Highest rank | #139 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1975 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Makenzie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mackenzie family of names ranked #191 for girls in 2025 (#171 the year before), with 1,786 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie | 1,343 | 75% |
| Makenzie | 406 | 23% |
| Makenzi | 18 | 1% |
| Mackenzi | 6 | 0% |
| Makenzy | 6 | 0% |
| Makenzee | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Makenzie is most popular
Babies named Makenzie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.2 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- South Carolina: 1.0 per 1,000 (87 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.9 per 1,000 (80 girls)
- Alabama: 0.8 per 1,000 (79 girls)
- Alaska: 0.7 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Makenzie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 78 | #3,485 |
| 1980s | 540 | #1,333 |
| 1990s | 7,245 | #223 |
| 2000s | 17,477 | #162 |
| 2010s | 15,996 | #139 |
| 2020s | 3,687 | #345 |
Girl names about as popular as Makenzie
Questions
- Is Makenzie a boy or girl name?
- Makenzie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Makenzie were girls.
- How popular is the name Makenzie?
- 406 baby girls were named Makenzie in the US in 2025, making it the 700th most popular girl name.
- When was Makenzie most popular?
- Makenzie peaked in 2011, when 2,210 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #139 in 2011.
- How many people are named Makenzie?
- 45,324 babies have been named Makenzie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 44,917 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Makenzie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Makenzie was most common in Mississippi, at 1.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.