Mecca

Where Mecca comes from

From Arabic مَكَّة (Makka) of uncertain etymology. In American place names, in reference to the Arabian city.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mecca
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1952
    First appearance
    #5,563 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Peak, #1,651
    89 babies named Mecca — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2003
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,805.
  4. 2021
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name, mostly borne by women.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.