Mekhi
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #1,169 for boys in 2025, 176 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2005 · 861 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,354since 1995
Mekhi over time
Rank among boys' names. Mekhi has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,169 | 176 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,023 | 218 | |
| 2023 | — | #987 | 223 | |
| 2022 | — | #950 | 239 | |
| 2021 | — | #858 | 272 | |
| 2020 | — | #781 | 300 | |
| 2019 | — | #732 | 329 | |
| 2018 | — | #597 | 459 | |
| 2017 | — | #575 | 474 | |
| 2016 | — | #625 | 428 | |
| 2015 | — | #632 | 423 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #599 | 454 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #513 | 521 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #503 | 529 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #484 | 544 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #479 | 544 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #446 | 623 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #431 | 673 |
| 2007 | — | #449 | 621 | |
| 2006 | — | #442 | 616 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #344 | 861 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #344 | 826 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | #378 | 688 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #546 | 406 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #626 | 303 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #932 | 163 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #796 | 193 |
| 1998 | — | #921 | 154 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,706 | 57 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Mekhi! It came in at #4,791, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.
Where Mekhi is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#106 · 1 in 353
- Delaware#170 · 1 in 659
- New Jersey#176 · 1 in 970
- Maryland#192 · 1 in 997
- Pennsylvania#198 · 1 in 1,083
Best ever in a state: #88 in District of Columbia, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #106 | 12 | 1 in 353 |
| Delaware | #170 | 6 | 1 in 659 |
| New Jersey | #176 | 47 | 1 in 970 |
| Maryland | #192 | 30 | 1 in 997 |
| Pennsylvania | #198 | 59 | 1 in 1,083 |
| Georgia | #250 | 48 | 1 in 1,275 |
| South Carolina | #286 | 16 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Virginia | #289 | 26 | 1 in 1,653 |
| New York | #308 | 58 | 1 in 1,881 |
| Ohio | #310 | 35 | 1 in 1,841 |
| Mississippi | #323 | 10 | 1 in 1,573 |
| Michigan | #326 | 26 | 1 in 1,977 |
| Connecticut | #361 | 7 | 1 in 2,308 |
| Massachusetts | #361 | 13 | 1 in 2,463 |
| Florida | #365 | 44 | 1 in 2,284 |
| Louisiana | #380 | 13 | 1 in 1,934 |
| North Carolina | #399 | 22 | 1 in 2,532 |
| Alabama | #409 | 11 | 1 in 2,282 |
| Missouri | #424 | 13 | 1 in 2,655 |
| Illinois | #450 | 26 | 1 in 2,875 |
| Arkansas | #451 | 6 | 1 in 2,535 |
| Kentucky | #502 | 6 | 1 in 3,937 |
| California | #566 | 52 | 1 in 4,888 |
| Tennessee | #591 | 9 | 1 in 4,191 |
| Minnesota | #633 | 6 | 1 in 4,972 |
| Colorado | #738 | 5 | 1 in 5,935 |
| Indiana | #845 | 5 | 1 in 7,658 |
| Washington | #885 | 5 | 1 in 7,449 |
| Texas | #894 | 21 | 1 in 9,009 |
| Arizona | #905 | 5 | 1 in 8,681 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mekhi
- 146 spots since 2024 (#1,023 → #1,169)
- 388 spots since 2020 (#781 → #1,169)
- 537 spots since 2015 (#632 → #1,169)
- Biggest jump: 785 spots in 1998 (#1,706 → #921)
- Biggest drop: 136 spots in 2000 (#796 → #932)
- Debuted 1995
- Peaked 2005 at #344 (861 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1998–2023
- Highest: 1 in 2,320 boys born in 2005 were named Mekhi (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,705 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 46.8% of all boys named Mekhi (5,780) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 441 | #796 (1999) | #2,225 |
| 2000s | 5,780 | #344 (2005) | #494 |
| 2010s | 4,705 | #479 (2010) | #574 |
| 2020s | 1,428 | #781 (2020) | #961 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mekhi in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 236,367 of them was named Mekhi, which outranked 38.6% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,599Zyion9
- #11,599Zynasia9
- #11,599Zyrah9
- #12,579Mekhi8
- #12,579Aailyah8
- #12,579Aalana8
- #12,579Aaliyana8
- #13,832Aahna7
- #13,832Aala7
- #13,832Aaleah7
Tied with 1,252 names at #12,579; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 3,031 of them was named Mekhi, which outranked 97.1% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.