Girls' name · since 1992
Mehak
381 babies named Mehak in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,930 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 381
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mehak sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 381 recorded since 1992.
Mehak has 381 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2023.
- #13,930 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 381 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mehak ranks #13,930 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 381 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,930 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 381
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mehak's 381 recorded births place it above 80.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Mehak's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mehak splits its recorded history at 2007: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mehak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2023
- Peak year (2001)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Mehak by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (185 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Mehak's strongest decade.
185 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Mehak births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
83 births
- 2000s
2000s
185 births
- 2010s
2010s
88 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 185 births (49% of all-time use).
Mehak by state
Where Mehak concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 27 | 7.1% |
| #2 | California | | 23 | 6.0% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 10 | 2.6% |
27 of 381 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Mehak's data
- Mehak's decade-level peak was the 2000s (185 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Mehaks (27 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Mehak: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1992–2023 (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 Mehak 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.