Unisex name · since 1999
Makkah
Makkah has 114 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,714 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,505 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 114
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Makkah is the #10505 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 114 recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makkah has been recorded 114 times among girls since 1999, currently ranked #10505 nationally and more common than 39% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #25,714 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,505 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 114 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makkah ranks #25,714 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,505 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 114 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,714 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,505 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 114
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Makkah's 114 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Makkah compares
114 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Makkah's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Makkah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 114 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Makkah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Makkah's full recorded timeline at 2020, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Makkah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Makkah popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 2021 (Makkah as boys' name)
Makkah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (76 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Makkah's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Makkah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 76 births (67% of all-time use).
Makkah by state
Where Makkah concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 4.4% |
5 of 114 births nationwide.
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What to do with Makkah's data
- New York records the most Makkahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Makkah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Makkah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.