Girls' name · since 1992
Mekaela
105 babies named Mekaela in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 105
- total births
- 1992–2009
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
Mekaela is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 105 have been recorded since 1992.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mekaela has been recorded 105 times among girls since 1992, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2009.
- 105 total births
- 1992–2009 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 57% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mekaela's 105 recorded births place it above 63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mekaela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mekaela's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mekaela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2009
- Peak year (1997)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Mekaela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Mekaela's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Mekaela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
60 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 60 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Mekaela's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (60 total births) through the 2000s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1992–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mekaela: Baby Name Since 1992 - 105 Births, Peak 1997." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mekaela. 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 Mekaela 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.