Girls' name · since 1998
Mekiya
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 56 babies named Mekiya, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 56
- total births
- 1998–2015
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
56 girls have been named Mekiya since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Mekiya recorded 56 times among girls since 1998, 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 1998 to 2015.
- 56 total births
- 1998–2015 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 71% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mekiya's 56 recorded births place it above 53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mekiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mekiya's full recorded timeline at 2004, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mekiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2015
- Peak year (2002)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Mekiya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Mekiya's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Mekiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 40 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Mekiya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 11 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, 1998–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mekiya: Baby Name Since 1998 - 56 Births, Peak 2002." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mekiya. 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 Mekiya 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.