Boys' name · since 2005
Mekael
47 babies named Mekael in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 47
- total births
- 2005–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 66%
- born in that decade
Mekael sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 47 recorded since 2005.
Mekael has 47 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2023.
- 47 total births
- 2005–2023 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 66% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mekael's 47 recorded births place it above 50% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mekael's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mekael's full recorded timeline at 2014, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mekael popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2023
- Peak year (2008)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Mekael by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Mekael's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Mekael births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 31 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Mekael's decade-level peak was the 2010s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2005–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mekael: Baby Name Since 2005 - 47 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mekael. 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 Mekael 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.