Unisex name · since 1976
Mekka
Mekka has 47 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 47
- total births
- 1976–2016
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 32%
- born in that decade
Mekka sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 47 recorded since 1976.
Mekka has 47 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2016.
- 47 total births
- 1976–2016 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 32% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mekka's 47 recorded births place it above 50% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mekka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mekka splits its recorded history at 1986: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mekka popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2016
- Peak year (1977)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Mekka popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2017 (Mekka as boys' name)
Mekka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Mekka's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Mekka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 15 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Mekka's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1976–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mekka: Baby Name Since 1976 - 47 Births, Peak 1977." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mekka. 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 Mekka 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.