Given name & surname

Makenzy

Makenzy is a masculine given name from Haitian Creole. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Makenzy comes from Haitian Creole.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Makenzy through the years

Babies since 1880
1,476
0 boys · 1,476 girls
Most popular year
2008
100 babies
2025
6
#14,287 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−58%
Cooling
020406020002025Highest share 20083.7
Makenzy in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1991–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,287 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 57.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 100 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,256 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Makenzy’s family of names

In French usage, Makenzy has a related form in MACKENDY. In French usage, Makenzy has a related form in MACKENDY. In French usage, Makenzy has a related form in MAKENSY.

Walk Makenzy’s family in the name graph

MakenzyΜακένζυMackendyMakensy

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Makenzy

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

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Sibling ideas

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