Mekenna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mekenna

The Social Security Administration has registered 404 babies named Mekenna between 1991 and 2021, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mekenna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mekenna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mekenna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mekenna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mekenna 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 404 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.