How popular is the baby name Mckenzie in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Mckenzie.
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Maryland’s Open Data website includes a small table of popular baby names. It’s based on data from 2011, so it’s a bit out of date, but it does include top-10 lists for several different racial/ethnic groups.
This is cool because New York City does the very same breakdown, and we happen to have the equivalent NYC baby name rankings (2011). So we ought to be able to compare and contrast the two sets of rankings, right?
Yeah, that’s what I thought…until I started looking more closely at Maryland’s data.
According to the SSA, these were the top 10 boy names in Maryland in 2011:
Mason
Jacob
Michael
Ethan
Ryan
William
Alexander
Noah
Daniel
Aiden (tied for 10th)
Jayden (tied for 10th)
But according to the state of Maryland, the top 10 boy names were quite different:
Rank
OVERALL
Asian & Pacific Isl.
Black
Hispanic
White
1
Aiden
Aiden
Jaiden
Christopher
Lucas
2
Christopher
Lucas
Aiden
Anthony
Mason
3
Jayden
Alexander
Christopher
John
Jackson
4
Mason
Muhammed
Cameron
Alexander
Jacob
5
Lucas
Ethan
Elijah
Daniel
John
6
Jacob
Nathan
Jeremy
Matthew
Aiden
7
Alexander
John
Michael
Brian
Alexander
8
Nathan
Andrew
Isaiah
Justin
Liam
9
Michael
Justin
Mason
Jaiden
William
10
Ethan
Jacob
Caleb
Kevin
Ryan
It isn’t totally implausible that Aiden and Jayden ranked 1st and 3rd in 2011, but Christopher in 2nd? Maybe if this were a dataset from thirty years ago, but not five years ago. The SSA indicates that Christopher ranked closer to 18th in the state that year.
And what’s with the two different spellings of Jayden/Jaiden?
Plus there are some sizable raw number discrepancies, such as:
Aiden: 588 babies (MD data) vs. 281 babies (SSA data for MD)
Christopher: 584 babies (MD data) vs. 256 babies (SSA data for MD)
Jayden: 498 babies (MD data) vs. 281 babies (SSA data for MD)
Mason: 463 babies (MD data) vs. 432 babies (SSA data for MD)
And now the girl names. According to the SSA, these were the top 10 girl names in Maryland in 2011:
Sophia
Olivia
Isabella
Madison
Ava
Emma
Abigail
Chloe
Emily
Elizabeth
According to the state of Maryland, though, the top 10 girl names in the state were these:
Rank
OVERALL
Asian & Pacific Isl.
Black
Hispanic
White
1
Sophia
Sophia
Chloe
Sophia
Sophia
2
Isabel
Chloe
London
Emily
Isabel
3
Chloe
Isabel
Layla
Allison
Abigail
4
Ava
Caitlin/Kate
Madison
Isabel
Olivia
5
Madison
Hannah
Kennedy
Ashley
Ava
6
Olivia
Olivia
Aaliyah
Angelina
Riley
7
Emily
Sara(h)
McKenzie
Natalie
Madison
8
McKenzie
Abigail
Zoe(y)
Genesis
Emily
9
Abigail
Emily
Payton
Gabrielle
McKenzie
10
Riley
Lillian/Lily
Taylor
Kimberly
Chloe
Not only does Isabel magically replace Isabella in the Maryland data, but McKenzie and Riley rank 8th and 10th — even though the SSA says they should be closer to 77th (!) and 28th.
Not to mention the raw number discrepancies, such as:
Sophia: 503 babies (MD data) vs. 367 babies (SSA data for MD)
McKenzie: 325 babies (MD data) vs. 71 babies (SSA data for MD)
Riley: 298 babies (MD data) vs. 118 babies (SSA data for MD)
Intriguing parallels between the MD data and the NYC data do exist. In both locations, Elijah and Isaiah were in the top 10 for African-American boys only, and London, Aaliyah, and Taylor were in the top 10 for African-American girls only.
But if we can’t trust the data, we can’t draw any meaningful conclusions.
Labels like “Caitlin/Kate,” “Sara(h),” “Zoe(y)” and “Lillian/Lily” suggest that variant names were combined here and there. I suspect this is also what happened with Isabel/Isabella, Sophia/Sofia, Aiden, Jayden, MacKenzie, Riley, and maybe even Christopher (perhaps Maryland merged all the “Chris-” names?). What are your thoughts on this?
Once upon a time, the U.S. Social Security Administration put out annual twin name rankings (that is, rankings of the pairs of baby names given most frequently to sets of U.S. twins).
It all started in 2005 with simple, single-list rankings. Things got more interesting in 2009, when the SSA began splitting the rankings into gender-specific sub-rankings. Then in 2012, nothing. The updates stopped coming.
Now we have seven years’ worth of official twin name data from the U.S. government…and that’s it.
I used to keep these rankings in my directory, but they are so out-of-date now that I think it’s best to archive them in a single blog post, for easy reference. So, without further ado, here are the top baby names for twins born in the United States from 2005 to 2011 (in reverse order):
1. Jacob, Joshua (55 sets) 2. Matthew, Michael (52) 3. Daniel, David (50) 4. Jayden, Jordan (41) 5. Jayden, Jaylen (38) 6. Elijah, Isaiah (36) 7. Isaac, Isaiah (36) 8. Ethan, Evan (31) 9. Logan, Lucas (31) 10. Logan, Luke (27) 11. Caleb, Joshua (24) 12. Landon, Logan (24) 13. Andrew, Matthew (23) 14. Nathan, Nicholas (23) 15. Brandon, Bryan (22) 16. Alexander, Benjamin (21) 17. Hayden, Hunter (21) 18. Alexander, Nicholas (20) 19. Gabriel, Michael (20) 20. Christian, Christopher (19) 21. Jordan, Justin (19) 22. Benjamin, Samuel (18) 23. James, John (18) 24. Jeremiah, Joshua (18) 25. John, Joseph (18) 26. Joseph, Joshua (18) 27. Jeremiah, Josiah (17) 28. Aiden, Ethan (16) 29. Jacob, Noah (16) 30. Alexander, Anthony (15) 31. Caleb, Jacob (15) 32. Ethan, Noah (15) 33. Jacob, Joseph (15) 34. James, William (15) 35. Andrew, Anthony (14) 36. Jacob, Zachary (14) 37. Nathan, Noah (14) 38. Aiden, Ashton (13) 39. Alexander, Michael (13) 40. Andrew, William (13) 41. Christopher, Nicholas (13) 42. Dylan, Logan (13) 43. Michael, Nicholas (13) 44. Thomas, William (13) 45. Aidan, Ethan (12) 46. Aiden, Jayden (12) 47. Alexander, Alexis (12) 48. Benjamin, Jacob (12) 49. Chance, Chase (12) 50. Jayden, Kayden (12)
1. Madison, Mason (34 sets) 2. Taylor, Tyler (30) 3. Addison, Aiden (18) 4. Emily, Ethan (16) 5. Emma, Evan (16) 6. Ella, Ethan (15) 7. Emma, Ethan (14) 8. Jayda, Jayden (13) 9. Jada, Jaden (12) 10. Aidan, Nadia (11) 11. Aiden, Ava (11) 12. Emma, William (11) 13. Madison, Matthew (11) 14. Anna, William (10) 15. Emily, Evan (10) 16. Emma, Jacob (10) 17. Emma, Noah (10) 18. Isabella, Isaiah (10) 19. Madison, Michael (10) 20. Addison, Andrew (9) 21. Chloe, Connor (9) 22. Emma, Jack (9) 23. Nicholas, Sophia (9) 24. Noah, Sophia (9) 25. Olivia, Owen (9) 26. Zachary, Zoe (9) 27. Zachary, Zoey (9) 28. Brian, Brianna (8) 29. Caleb, Chloe (8) 30. Ethan, Isabella (8) 31. Grace, John (8) 32. Isabella, Michael (8) 33. Jacob, Jillian (8) 34. Jada, Jayden (8) 35. James, Julia (8) 36. Landon, London (8) 37. Lily, Luke (8) 38. Olivia, William (8) 39. Samuel, Sophia (8) 40. Sophia, William (8) 41. Abigail, Alexander (7) 42. Abigail, Benjamin (7) 43. Alexander, Ava (7) 44. Andrea, Andrew (7) 45. Andrew, Emily (7) 46. Ava, John (7) 47. Ava, Noah (7) 48. Emily, Ryan (7) 49. Emma, James (7) 50. Hannah, Noah (7)
Observations on the 2009 rankings:
#9 and #44 on the girl-girl list are “Mackenzie, Madison” and “Madison, Mckenzie.”
#15 and #23 on the girl-girl list are both “Gabriella, Isabella.” There was probably supposed to be a spelling difference somewhere, but the SSA had the pairings listed identically.
#8, #9 and #34 on the girl-boy list are “Jayda, Jayden,” “Jada, Jaden” and “Jada, Jayden.”
#10 on the girl-boy list is “Aidan, Nadia” — the only pair of anagram names I’ve spotted on these twin lists (besides Heaven/Nevaeh, of course).
#26 and #27 on the girl-boy list are “Zachary, Zoe” and “Zachary, Zoey.”
Top twin names, 2008
(Gender combinations not specified.)
1. Jacob, Joshua (69 sets born in 2008) 2. Daniel, David (59) 3. Jayden, Jordan (56) 4. Ethan, Evan (50) 5. Taylor, Tyler (43) 6. Gabriella, Isabella (42) 7. Isaac, Isaiah (40) 8. Madison, Morgan (38) 9. Elijah, Isaiah (36) 10. Ella, Emma (35) 11. Landon, Logan (34) 12. Logan, Lucas (34) 13. Matthew, Michael (33) 14. Faith, Hope (29) 15. Isabella, Sophia (28) 16. Olivia, Sophia (28) 17. James, John (27) 18. Madison, Mason (27) 19. Brandon, Bryan (25) 20. Hailey, Hannah (25) 21. Mackenzie, Madison (25) 22. Nathan, Nicholas (25) 23. Addison, Aiden (24) 24. Caleb, Joshua (24) 25. Christian, Christopher (24) 26. Emma, Ethan (24) 27. Jayden, Jaylen (24) 28. Ava, Emma (23) 29. Ava, Olivia (23) 30. Joseph, Joshua (23) 31. Andrew, Matthew (22) 32. Makayla, Makenzie (22) 33. Benjamin, Samuel (21) 34. Brandon, Brian (21) 35. Abigail, Emma (20) 36. Jacob, Matthew (20) 37. Jordan, Justin (20) 38. Nathan, Noah (20) 39. Alexander, Andrew (19) 40. Emily, Ethan (19) 41. Ethan, Nathan (19) 42. Gabriel, Michael (19) 43. Hayden, Hunter (19) 44. Jacob, Joseph (19) 45. Addison, Avery (17) 46. Faith, Grace (17) 47. Jayda, Jayden (17) 48. Joshua, Justin (17) 49. Joshua, Matthew (17) 50. Alexander, Nicholas (16) 51. Emma, Sophie (16) 52. Jada, Jaden (16) 53. Logan, Luke (16) 54. Aaron, Andrew (15) 55. Andrew, Anthony (15) 56. Anna, Emma (15) 57. Autumn, Summer (15) 58. Isabella, Olivia (15) 59. Jacob, Jordan (15) 60. Jacob, Lucas (15) 61. Kyle, Ryan (15) 62. Nicholas, Noah (15) 63. Valeria, Vanessa (15) 64. Abigail, Benjamin (14) 65. Aiden, Ava (14) 66. Alexander, Benjamin (14) 67. Alexander, Christopher (14) 68. Ashley, Emily (14) 69. Benjamin, William (14) 70. Christopher, Matthew (14) 71. Daniel, Michael (14) 72. Dylan, Tyler (14) 73. Emma, Sophia (14) 74. Hannah, Sarah (14) 75. Heaven, Nevaeh (14) 76. Jake, Luke (14) 77. Jennifer, Jessica (14) 78. Mackenzie, Makayla (14) 79. Matthew, William (14) 80. Natalie, Nathan (14) 81. Ryan, Tyler (14) 82. Samuel, Sophia (14) 83. Samuel, William (14) 84. Addison, Emma (13) 85. Adrian, Adriana (13) 86. Aiden, Austin (13) 87. Alexander, Alexis (13) 88. Ava, Mia (13) 89. Benjamin, Jacob (13) 90. Benjamin, Matthew (13) 91. Caleb, Christian (13) 92. Caleb, Jacob (13) 93. Elijah, Ethan (13) 94. Jada, Jayden (13) 95. James, William (13) 96. John, William (13) 97. Lily, Logan (13) 98. Mark, Matthew (13) 99. Matthew, Nicholas (13) 100. Maxwell, Samuel (13)
Similarities in the 2008 rankings:
#19 and #34 are “Brandon, Bryan,” and “Brandon, Brian.”
#32 and #78 are “Makayla, Makenzie” and “Mackenzie, Makayla.”
#47, #52 and #94 are “Jayda, Jayden,” “Jada, Jaden” and “Jada, Jayden.”
Top twin names, 2007
(Gender combinations not specified.)
1. Jacob, Joshua (69 sets born in 2007) 2. Matthew, Michael (55) 3. Daniel, David (52) 4. Isaac, Isaiah (39) 5. Ella, Emma (38) 6. Madison, Morgan (36) 7. Taylor, Tyler (36) 8. Landon, Logan (35) 9. Brandon, Bryan (34) 10. Christian, Christopher (33) 11. Gabriella, Isabella (33) 12. Andrew, Matthew (32) 13. Faith, Hope (32) 14. Joseph, Joshua (31) 15. Ethan, Evan (30) 16. Jacob, Joseph (30) 17. Mackenzie, Madison (29) 18. Alexander, Benjamin (27) 19. Caleb, Joshua (26) 20. Hailey, Hannah (26) 21. Isabella, Sophia (26) 22. Madison, Matthew (26) 23. Emily, Ethan (25) 24. Joshua, Matthew (25) 25. Nathan, Nicholas (25) 26. Andrew, Anthony (24) 27. Jayden, Jordan (24) 28. Madison, Mason (24) 29. Elijah, Isaiah (23) 30. Alexander, Nicholas (22) 31. Jeremiah, Joshua (22) 32. Emma, Ethan (21) 33. Olivia, Sophia (21) 34. Ava, Emma (20) 35. Haley, Hannah (20) 36. Hayden, Hunter (20) 37. Jacob, Zachary (20) 38. Logan, Luke (20) 39. Natalie, Nathan (20) 40. Benjamin, Samuel (19) 41. Christopher, Nicholas (19) 42. Nathan, Noah (19) 43. Alexander, Christopher (18) 44. James, John (18) 45. John, William (18) 46. Jordan, Justin (18) 47. Megan, Morgan (18) 48. Alexander, Anthony (17) 49. Andrew, William (17) 50. Christopher, Matthew (17) 51. Isabella, Olivia (17) 52. Jacob, Jordan (17) 53. Joseph, Michael (17) 54. Alexander, Andrew (16) 55. Andrew, Jacob (16) 56. Elijah, Ethan (16) 57. Jacob, Matthew (16) 58. Jacob, Samuel (16) 59. James, Joseph (16) 60. Jordan, Joshua (16) 61. Matthew, Ryan (16) 62. Nicholas, Noah (16) 63. Ava, Olivia (15) 64. Emma, Grace (15) 65. Emma, Hannah (15) 66. Jason, Justin (15) 67. Jennifer, Jessica (15) 68. Makayla, Makenzie (15) 69. Natalie, Nicole (15) 70. Zachary, Zoe (15) 71. Ava, Sophia (14) 72. Benjamin, Jacob (14) 73. Emma, Olivia (14) 74. Ethan, Nathan (14) 75. Gabriel, Michael (14) 76. Grace, Olivia (14) 77. Jacob, Justin (14) 78. Jacob, Tyler (14) 79. Jaden, Jordan (14) 80. Jonathan, Joshua (14) 81. Jose, Juan (14) 82. Logan, Lucas (14) 83. Mark, Matthew (14) 84. Robert, William (14) 85. Samuel, Sophia (14) 86. Abigail, Emily (13) 87. Abigail, Emma (13) 88. Alexander, William (13) 89. Anna, Emma (13) 90. Ashley, Emily (13) 91. Ava, Ella (13) 92. Cameron, Christian (13) 93. Emily, Sarah (13) 94. Emma, Jacob (13) 95. Emma, William (13) 96. Grace, Hannah (13) 97. Hannah, Sarah (13) 98. Jayden, Jaylen (13) 99. Joseph, Nicholas (13) 100. Joshua, Zachary (13) 101. Madison, Megan (13) 102. Parker, Preston (13)
Similarities in the 2007 rankings:
#20 and #35 are “Hailey, Hannah” and “Haley, Hannah.”
#27 and #79 are “Jayden, Jordan” and “Jaden, Jordan.”
Top twin names, 2006
(Gender combinations not specified.)
1. Jacob, Joshua (67 sets born in 2006) 2. Matthew, Michael (54) 3. Daniel, David (52) 4. Ella, Emma (38) 5. Isaac, Isaiah (38) 6. Madison, Morgan (36) 7. Landon, Logan (35) 8. Taylor, Tyler (35) 9. Brandon, Bryan (34) 10. Christian, Christopher (33) 11. Gabriella, Isabella (33) 12. Andrew, Matthew (32) 13. Faith, Hope (31) 14. Ethan, Evan (30) 15. Jacob, Joseph (30) 16. Joseph, Joshua (29) 17. Mackenzie, Madison (29) 18. Alexander, Benjamin (27) 19. Hailey, Hannah (27) 20. Madison, Matthew (26) 21. Caleb, Joshua (25) 22. Emily, Ethan (25) 23. Isabella, Sophia (25) 24. Joshua, Matthew (25) 25. Nathan, Nicholas (25) 26. Andrew, Anthony (24) 27. Jayden, Jordan (24) 28. Madison, Mason (24) 29. Elijah, Isaiah (22) 30. Jeremiah, Joshua (22) 31. Alexander, Nicholas (21) 32. Emma, Ethan (21) 33. Olivia, Sophia (21) 34. Ava, Emma (20) 35. Hayden, Hunter (20) 36. Logan, Luke (20) 37. Natalie, Nathan (20) 38. Christopher, Nicholas (19) 39. Haley, Hannah (19) 40. Jacob, Zachary (19) 41. John, William (19) 42. Nathan, Noah (19) 43. Benjamin, Samuel (18) 44. James, John (18) 45. Jordan, Justin (18) 46. Megan, Morgan (18) 47. Alexander, Anthony (17) 48. Isabella, Olivia (17) 49. Jacob, Jordan (17) 50. Joseph, Michael (17) 51. Nicholas, Noah (17) 52. Alexander, Andrew (16) 53. Alexander, Christopher (16) 54. Andrew, Jacob (16) 55. Christopher, Matthew (16) 56. Elijah, Ethan (16) 57. Jacob, Samuel (16) 58. James, Joseph (16) 59. Matthew, Ryan (16) 60. Ava, Olivia (15) 61. Emma, Grace (15) 62. Emma, Hannah (15) 63. Jacob, Matthew (15) 64. Jaden, Jordan (15) 65. Jason, Justin (15) 66. Jordan, Joshua (15) 67. Makayla, Makenzie (15) 68. Zachary, Zoe (15) 69. Abigail, Emily (14) 70. Andrew, William (14) 71. Benjamin, Jacob (14) 72. Emma, Olivia (14) 73. Ethan, Nathan (14) 74. Gabriel, Michael (14) 75. Hannah, Sarah (14) 76. Jacob, Justin (14) 77. Jacob, Tyler (14) 78. Jennifer, Jessica (14) 79. Jonathan, Joshua (14) 80. Jose, Juan (14) 81. Mark, Matthew (14) 82. Natalie, Nicole (14) 83. Samuel, Sophia (14) 84. Abigail, Emma (13) 85. Alexander, William (13) 86. Anna, Emma (13) 87. Ashley, Emily (13) 88. Ava, Sophia (13) 89. Cameron, Christian (13) 90. Emily, Sarah (13) 91. Emma, Jacob (13) 92. Grace, Hannah (13) 93. Grace, Olivia (13) 94. Jayden, Jaylen (13) 95. Joseph, Nicholas (13) 96. Joshua, Zachary (13) 97. Logan, Lucas (13) 98. Madison, Megan (13) 99. Parker, Preston (13) 100. Robert, William (13)
Similarities in the 2006 rankings:
#19 and #39 are “Hailey, Hannah” and “Haley, Hannah.”
#27 and #64 are “Jayden, Jordan” and “Jaden, Jordan.”
Top twin names, 2005
(Gender combinations not specified.)
1. Jacob, Joshua (78 sets born in 2005) 2. Matthew, Michael (70) 3. Daniel, David (63) 4. Faith, Hope (49) 5. Ethan, Evan (43) 6. Taylor, Tyler (42) 7. Isaac, Isaiah (37) 8. Joseph, Joshua (37) 9. Nathan, Nicholas (37) 10. Madison, Mason (33) 11. Hailey, Hannah (32) 12. Madison, Morgan (32) 13. Alexander, Andrew (29) 14. Elijah, Isaiah (28) 15. Jordan, Justin (28) 16. Mackenzie, Madison (27) 17. Alexander, Nicholas (25) 18. Caleb, Joshua (25) 19. Emma, Ethan (25) 20. Jonathan, Joshua (25) 21. Emily, Ethan (24) 22. Alexander, Benjamin (23) 23. Andrew, Matthew (23) 24. Benjamin, Samuel (23) 25. James, John (23) 26. Matthew, Nicholas (23) 27. Brandon, Brian (22) 28. Ella, Emma (22) 29. Alexander, Zachary (21) 30. Dylan, Tyler (21) 31. Hannah, Sarah (21) 32. Madison, Matthew (21) 33. Christian, Christopher (20) 34. Faith, Grace (20) 35. Jacob, Jordan (20) 36. Jacob, Matthew (20) 37. Jaden, Jordan (20) 38. Alexander, Anthony (19) 39. Brandon, Bryan (19) 40. Emily, Sarah (19) 41. Ethan, Nathan (19) 42. Jacob, Joseph (19) 43. Jordan, Joshua (19) 44. Landon, Logan (19) 45. Olivia, Sophia (19) 46. Ashley, Emily (18) 47. Elizabeth, Emily (18) 48. Elizabeth, Katherine (18) 49. Jeremy, Joshua (18) 50. John, Joseph (18) 51. Nathan, Noah (18) 52. Nicholas, Noah (18) 53. Nicholas, Zachary (18) 54. Alexander, Christopher (17) 55. Christopher, Michael (17) 56. Jacob, Zachary (17) 57. Jason, Justin (17) 58. Abigail, Allison (16) 59. Amy, Emily (16) 60. Andrew, Nicholas (16) 61. Benjamin, William (16) 62. Christopher, Nicholas (16) 63. Ella, Ethan (16) 64. Gabriella, Isabella (16) 65. Isabella, Sophia (16) 66. Jeremiah, Joshua (16) 67. Megan, Morgan (16) 68. Samuel, Sophia (16) 69. Aidan, Ava (15) 70. Alexander, Alexis (15) 71. Andrew, Anthony (15) 72. Andrew, Ethan (15) 73. Andrew, William (15) 74. Ava, Olivia (15) 75. Caleb, Jacob (15) 76. Jacob, Nicholas (15) 77. Jacob, Ryan (15) 78. Jake, Luke (15) 79. Jayden, Jordan (15) 80. John, William (15) 81. Mark, Matthew (15) 82. Natalie, Nathan (15) 83. Nathaniel, Nicholas (15) 84. Ryan, Tyler (15) 85. Abigail, Emily (14) 86. Anna, Emma (14) 87. Anthony, Michael (14) 88. Anthony, Nicholas (14) 89. Austin, Justin (14) 90. Benjamin, Jacob (14) 91. Brian, Brianna (14) 92. Christopher, Matthew (14) 93. Daniel, Samuel (14) 94. Gabriel, Michael (14) 95. Haley, Hannah (14) 96. Jada, Jaden (14) 97. Jayden, Jaylen (14) 98. Jonathan, Joseph (14) 99. Kyle, Ryan (14) 100. Logan, Lucas (14) 101. Logan, Luke (14) 102. Matthew, Ryan (14) 103. Parker, Payton (14) 104. Parker, Peyton (14) 105. Reagan, Riley (14) 106. Tanner, Tyler (14)
Similarities in the 2005 rankings:
#11 and #95 are “Hailey, Hannah” and “Haley, Hannah.”
#27 and #39 are “Brandon, Brian” and “Brandon, Bryan.”
#37 and #79 are “Jaden, Jordan” and “Jayden, Jordan.”
#103 and #104 are “Parker, Payton” and “Parker, Peyton.”
Infamous Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada had a total of seven wives and 40 children, on the record.
One of his children was born in late 1978, right at the start of the Uganda-Tanzania War. The baby boy was named Kagera River, because Uganda had recently invaded and captured part of the Kagera region of Tanzania, making the Kagera River the front line between the Ugandan and Tanzanian armies.
Idi Amin was also obsessed with all things Scottish, and gave other sons the Scottish names Campbell, McLaren, McKenzie and Mackintosh.
I’ve been trying to find a full list of the 40 (official) kids, but haven’t had any luck yet. I do know two other sons are named Taban and Jaffar, though.
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