Spellings
Mackenzie or Mckenzie?
In the US in 2025, 59% of babies in this name family were spelled Mackenzie and 23% Mckenzie. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Mackenzie already led in 2015, with 50% of the family's births; it has 59% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 7,676 to 2,284 births (−70%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie | 3,869 | 1,343 | −65% |
| Mckenzie | 2,140 | 517 | −76% |
| Makenzie | 1,550 | 406 | −74% |
| Makenzi | 117 | 18 | −85% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /məˈkɛnzi/ (muh-KEN-zee). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Mackenzie 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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