Meko
- Last seen for girls in 1995 at #11,783
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Given to boys 66.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1972 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 192since 1972
Meko over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
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| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,241 | 13 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
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| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
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| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
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| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
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| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #7,792 | 6 |
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| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
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| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
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| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
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| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
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| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | — | |
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| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Meko! It came in at #4,441, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1981, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Meko is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Meko in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Meko
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 843 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1972 at #4,441 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 145,501
- Highest: 1 in 145,501 boys born in 2022 were named Meko (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,441 in 1972, was only 1 in 270,268 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 37.0% of all boys named Meko (71) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2000
- Mostly girls until 1999, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 | #4,441 (1972) | #5,171 |
| 1980s | 17 | #5,619 (1982) | #6,266 |
| 1990s | 21 | #5,942 (1991) | #6,850 |
| 2000s | 23 | #8,209 (2000) | #10,506 |
| 2010s | 71 | #6,241 (2013) | #8,939 |
| 2020s | 44 | #6,828 (2022) | #8,572 |
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.
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