Girls' name · since 1973
Mekisha
106 babies named Mekisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 106
- total births
- 1973–1991
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
Mekisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 106 have been recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Mekisha recorded 106 times among girls since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1991.
- 106 total births
- 1973–1991 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 76% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mekisha's 106 recorded births place it above 63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mekisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mekisha's full recorded timeline at 1978, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mekisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1991
- Peak year (1974)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Mekisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Mekisha's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Mekisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
81 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 81 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Mekisha's decade-level peak was the 1970s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- 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, 1973–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mekisha: Baby Name Since 1973 - 106 Births, Peak 1974." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mekisha. 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 Mekisha 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.