Mekel — #12987 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Mekel

The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Mekel between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mekel currently holds the #12987 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Mekel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1990.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mekel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mekel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mekel 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 139 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.