Mekka
Mekka was last recorded in 2017, when 5 babies were given it; 52 Americans have been recorded with it between 1976 and 2017 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mekka by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Mekka?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #17,963, in 2016; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
10 babies in 1977, the peak
Mekka peaked in 1977, when 10 girls were given it, #6,172 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #17,963 | 2.8 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,357 | 4.0 |
| 1995 | 8 | #10,175 | 4.5 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,389 | 3.5 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,993 | 3.5 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,172 | 6.5 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,265 | 3.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mekka a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 52 Americans recorded as Mekka, 90% are girls and 10% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Mekka: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mekka, and how old are they?
An estimated 50 Americans named Mekka and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names spelled alike
Mekka is a less common spelling of Mecca: SSA has recorded 52 Mekka and 3,118 Mecca since 1880.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.