Mechele — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mechele

The Social Security Administration has registered 722 babies named Mechele between 1947 and 1996, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mechele currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mechele performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 313 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mechele shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Mechele in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mechele in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 722 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.