Girls' name · since 1997
Mekaylah
97 babies named Mekaylah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 97
- total births
- 1997–2014
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
97 girls have been named Mekaylah since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Mekaylah recorded 97 times among girls since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2014.
- 97 total births
- 1997–2014 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 72% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mekaylah's 97 recorded births place it above 62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mekaylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mekaylah's full recorded timeline at 2005, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mekaylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2014
- Peak year (2005)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Mekaylah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Mekaylah's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Mekaylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 70 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Mekaylah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- 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, 1997–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mekaylah: Baby Name Since 1997 - 97 Births, Peak 2005." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mekaylah. 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 Mekaylah 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.