Girls' name · since 1979
Mecole
Mecole has 19 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 19
- total births
- 1979–1982
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
Mecole sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 19 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Mecole recorded 19 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1982.
- 19 total births
- 1979–1982 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mecole's 19 recorded births place it above 35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mecole's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mecole's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mecole popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1982
- Peak year (1979)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Mecole by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Mecole's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Mecole births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (63% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1979–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mecole: Baby Name Since 1979 - 19 Births, Peak 1979." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mecole. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mecole 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 July 2026.