Mekiah
The Story of Mekiah
As a girl name
Mekiah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1997, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2002: 16 births, good for #6,698 nationwide. About 80% of every Mekiah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Mekiah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2011, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 110 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Mekiah as a boy name dates back to 1998, when 7 babies received it. 2002 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Mekiah — #7,054 in the national rankings. About 73% of every Mekiah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Mekiah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 71 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Mekiah
Mekiah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 110 births in the dataset. Mekiah's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #6,698. Use the chart and map above to compare Mekiah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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