Girls' name · since 1994
Mekalah
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 24 babies named Mekalah, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 24
- total births
- 1994–2000
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 79%
- born in that decade
Mekalah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 24 have been recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mekalah has been recorded 24 times among girls since 1994, 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 1994 to 2000.
- 24 total births
- 1994–2000 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 79% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mekalah's 24 recorded births place it above 39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mekalah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mekalah's full recorded timeline at 1997, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mekalah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2000
- Peak year (1997)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Mekalah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Mekalah's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Mekalah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 19 births (79% of all-time use).
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- Mekalah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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, 1994–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mekalah: Baby Name Since 1994 - 24 Births, Peak 1997." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mekalah. 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 Mekalah 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.