Mckenzie — #493 US girls' name
64,250 babies named Mckenzie in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Mckenzie was born in this single decade.
2,528 babies were named Mckenzie in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mckenzie
The Social Security Administration has registered 64,250 babies named Mckenzie between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mckenzie currently holds the #493 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 2,528 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mckenzie performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22,569 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mckenzie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,623 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Mckenzie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mckenzie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 64,250 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mckenzie at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Mckenzie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2000)
- 2,528
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #493 among girls.
64,250 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 2,528 births in a single year.
Mckenzie popularity over time — boys
2,255 total births recorded since 1917 (Mckenzie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Mckenzie accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mckenzie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 22,569 births that decade — 35% of Mckenzie's all-time total
Mckenzie decade highlights
- Peak decade 22,569 births
- Runner-up 19,681 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mckenzie's strongest decade
22,569 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Mckenzie by state
Where Mckenzie concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 4,623 | 7.2% |
| #2 | California | | 3,467 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 3,035 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 2,988 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 2,701 | 4.2% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 2,644 | 4.1% |
| #7 | New York | | 2,294 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 2,290 | 3.6% |
4,623 of 64,250 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.2% of nationwide
- California 5.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.7% of nationwide
- Florida 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mckenzie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.