Mackenzie, a Scottish surname-turned-given-name, comes from the last name Mac Coinnich and given name Coinneach (Kenneth), meaning "handsome" or "beautiful." It first appeared in the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 for girl names in 1976 and was a top-100 girl's name every year between 1995 and 2017. Mackenzie isn't as popular as it once was, but is still a top-200 girl's name and was given to approximately 1,737 baby girls in 2023, alone. It's also the name "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling chose for her second daughter Mackenzie Jean, born in 2005.
