Unisex name · since 1952
Mecca
Mecca has 2,288 recorded births since 1952 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,129 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,288
- born since 1952
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mecca currently ranks #5129 among unisex names in America, with 2,288 babies recorded since 1952.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mecca has been recorded 2,288 times among girls since 1952, currently ranked #5129 nationally and more common than 70% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2025.
- #4,301 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,129 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,288 born since 1952
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mecca ranks #4,301 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,129 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,288 born since 1952, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,129 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,288
- born since 1952
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mecca's 2,288 recorded births place it above 94.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Mecca compares
2,288 Top 21% higher than 79% of 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
Mecca's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mecca | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,288 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 89 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mecca's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mecca's full recorded timeline at 1993, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1952, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 89 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mecca popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 89
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Mecca popularity over time - boys
830 total births recorded since 1975 (Mecca as boys' name)
Mecca by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (640 births, 28% of the file).
1990s was Mecca's strongest decade.
640 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Mecca births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 68
1960s
68 births
- 1970s
1970s
317 births
- 1980s
1980s
300 births
- 1990s
1990s
640 births
- 2000s
2000s
413 births
- 2010s
2010s
267 births
- 2020s
2020s
278 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 640 births (28% of all-time use).
How Mecca compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mecca's total volume
Mecca by state
Where Mecca concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 252 | 11.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 175 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 160 | 7.0% |
| #4 | California | | 95 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 34 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 18 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 16 | 0.7% |
252 of 2,288 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Mecca appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Mecca's data
- Mecca's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (640 total births) through the 2020s (278) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Meccas (252 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mecca: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~73 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, 1952–2025 (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 Mecca 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.