Recorded 1992–2023 Girls' name Peak 2001 381 births

Mehak — girls' name

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.

1990s832000s1852010s882020s25
2000s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Mehak was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

29 babies were named Mehak in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Mehak

The Social Security Administration has registered 381 babies named Mehak between 1992 and 2023, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mehak currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mehak performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mehak shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Mehak in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mehak 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 381 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.

Mehak at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

381

Since 1992

32 years of records

Peak year

2001

29 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1992

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 2023

Mehak popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1992

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2001)
29
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
010203040 202320172013200920052001199719931992 8

Mehak by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
185 births that decade — 49% of Mehak's all-time total
1990s832000s1852010s882020s25

Mehak by state

Where Mehak concentrates geographically — total births since 1992

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Mehak
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%
New York share of Mehak's total US births 7.1%
Even split

27 of 381 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mehak?
381 babies have been named Mehak since 1992. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2001 with 29 births.
When was Mehak most popular?
Mehak was most popular in the 2000s decade with 185 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Mehak most popular?
The top states for the name Mehak are New York (27 births), California (23 births), New Jersey (10 births).
How long has the name Mehak been used?
Mehak has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 32 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Mehak?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Meher, Mehar, Mehgan, Mehreen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.