Mckenzy — girls' name
1,008 babies named Mckenzy in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Mckenzy was born in this single decade.
56 babies were named Mckenzy in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mckenzy
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,008 babies named Mckenzy between 1987 and 2021, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mckenzy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 56 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mckenzy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 451 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mckenzy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Mckenzy in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mckenzy 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 1,008 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.
Mckenzy at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mckenzy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1987
- Peak year (2000)
- 56
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
1,008 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 56 births in a single year.
Mckenzy popularity over time — boys
35 total births recorded since 1988 (Mckenzy as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Mckenzy accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mckenzy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 451 births that decade — 45% of Mckenzy's all-time total
Mckenzy decade highlights
- Peak decade 451 births
- Runner-up 311 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mckenzy's strongest decade
451 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Mckenzy by state
Where Mckenzy concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.0% of nationwide
- Utah 1.0% of nationwide
- Missouri 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1987–2021 (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.