girls:
110 births since 1997
#5606 (2nd percentile)
boys:
71 births since 1998
#4515 (1st percentile)
overall:
181 births since 1997
#7558 (2nd percentile)
The name Mekiah is the #7,558 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 181 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 2.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,606 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 110 births since 1997. For boys, it ranks #4,515 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 71 births since 1998.
Mekiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for girls and 1998 for boys). Birth data for Mekiah is available in 16 out of the 24 years between 1997 and 2020 (14 years for girls and 11 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 Mekiah has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (60.8% of all recorded births). In 2020, 0.0% of babies named Mekiah were girls. Interestingly, until around 2012, the name was more popular for girls (62.5% girls from 1997 to 2011), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2012 to 2020).
For girls, Mekiah reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #883) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
For boys, Mekiah reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #809) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mekiah".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Mekiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.7% confident that Mekiah is pronounced as mih-KAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-kee-uh, at 25.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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