Given name & surname · also English
Kenzie
“one who is fair; lightskinned”
Kenzie is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who is fair; lightskinned.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who is fair; lightskinned.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Kenzie is used as a form of Mackenzie.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kenzie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21,874
- 483 boys · 21,391 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 1,330 babies
- 2025
- 371
- #736 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 371 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 736 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 39.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,330 in 2014. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (39). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 18,539 as a first name in 2020; 188 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kenzie’s family of names
In English usage, Kenzie is a short form of Mackenzie. Kenzie has a related form in Kenzi. Kenzie is a form of Mackenzie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mackenziefull form · English
- Kenzivariant
- Kinzievariant
- Kenzyvariant
- Kennzielikely variant
- Kenzeevariant
- Kenzeyvariant
- Kenzzylikely variant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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