Mekhi

Where Mekhi comes from

An African-American coinage, popularized by the actor Mekhi Phifer.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mekhi
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Mekhi through the years
  1. 1995
    First appearance
    #4,791 among boys with 12 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2005
    Peak, #344
    861 babies named Mekhi, the most in any year.
  3. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #632.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Mekhi in Wikidata.

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.