girls:
94 births since 1999
#5622 (2nd percentile)
boys:
7 births since 2021
#4579 (0th percentile)
overall:
101 births since 1999
#7638 (1st percentile)
The name Makkah is the #7,638 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 101 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,622 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 94 births since 1999. For boys, it ranks #4,579 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 2021.
Makkah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (1999 for girls and 2021 for boys). Birth data for Makkah is available in 10 out of the 25 years between 1999 and 2023 (10 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Makkah has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Makkah reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #924) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Makkah ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 84.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Makkah reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #928) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Makkah".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Makkah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Makkah is pronounced as MA-kuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAH-kuh, at 11.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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