Boys' name · since 1982
Mecos
Mecos has 11 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,878 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
11 boys have been named Mecos since 1982, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mecos has 11 recorded births among boys since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1985.
- #33,878 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 1982
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mecos ranks #33,878 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1982, peaking in the 1980s.
- #33,878 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Mecos's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mecos's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mecos splits its recorded history at 1985: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mecos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1985
- Peak year (1982)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Mecos by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Mecos's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Mecos births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mecos: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~3 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, 1982–1985 (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 Mecos 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.