Is Mckenzi a boy or girl name?

Mckenzi is a girl’s name. Of the 2,022 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Mckenzi

Recorded 1978–2025 · United States

Mckenzi was most popular in 1996, when 95 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,755 that year. In 2025 it ranked #24,763, with 5 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,022 people named Mckenzi.

Mckenzi over time

Births per year. The dot marks Mckenzi’s peak in 1996. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Mckenzi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Mckenzi is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,022 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Mckenzi

Where Mckenzi is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org