Girls' name · since 1975
Mckenzie
64,779 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.
- #508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #576 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 64,779
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
64,779 babies have been named Mckenzie since 1975, making it today's #576 girls' name.
Mckenzie has 64,779 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #576 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #508 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #576 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 64,779 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mckenzie ranks #508 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #576 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 64,779 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #576 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 64,779
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mckenzie's 64,779 recorded births place it above 99.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Mckenzie compares
64,779 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mckenzie's all-time total is 172x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mckenzie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 64,779 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,528 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mckenzie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mckenzie splits its recorded history at 2000: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 2,528 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mckenzie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 2,528
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Mckenzie popularity over time - boys
2,266 total births recorded since 1917 (Mckenzie as boys' name)
Mckenzie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (22,569 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Mckenzie's strongest decade.
22,569 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Mckenzie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 333
1970s
333 births
- 1980s 2,042
1980s
2,042 births
- 1990s
1990s
15,286 births
- 2000s
2000s
22,569 births
- 2010s
2010s
19,688 births
- 2020s 4,861
2020s
4,861 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 22,569 births (35% of all-time use).
How Mckenzie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mckenzie's total volume
Mckenzie by state
Where Mckenzie concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 4,663 | 7.2% |
| #2 | California | | 3,512 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 3,047 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 3,022 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 2,726 | 4.2% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 2,670 | 4.1% |
| #7 | New York | | 2,321 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 2,310 | 3.6% |
4,663 of 64,779 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Mckenzie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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- Mckenzie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (22,569 total births); usage has since declined to 4,861 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Mckenzies (4,663 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mckenzie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mckenzie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.