Girls' name · since 1998
Mekena
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 14 babies named Mekena, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 14
- total births
- 1998–2004
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
14 girls have been named Mekena since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mekena has 14 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2004.
- 14 total births
- 1998–2004 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 64% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mekena's 14 recorded births place it above 30% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mekena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mekena's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mekena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2004
- Peak year (2004)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Mekena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Mekena's strongest decade.
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Mekena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 9 births (64% of all-time use).
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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, 1998–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mekena: Baby Name Since 1998 - 14 Births, Peak 2004." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mekena. 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 Mekena 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.