Meaning and history
From the Scottish surname Mackenzie, an Anglicized form of Gaelic MacCoinnich, which comes from the given name Coinneach, this name was popularized as a feminine given name by the American actress Mackenzie Phillips (1959–), especially after she began appearing on the television comedy One Day at a Time in 1975. In the United Kingdom, it is more commonly used as a masculine name.
Mackenzie moved from #200 to #228 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2001, with 6,934 births.