Mecca
Mecca was the 2121st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 69 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1617th with 108 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,366 places. More babies were named Mecca in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,121 boys, up 288 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 69boys
- Girls and boys
- 33% girls, 67% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023108 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,118babies recorded
Mecca popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,182 | #2,121 | 25 | 69 |
| 2020 | #2,704 | #2,409 | 62 | 55 |
| 2010 | #8,165 | #13,586 | 15 | 5 |
| 2000 | #2,448 | #8,805 | 63 | 7 |
| 1990 | #3,125 | — | 36 | — |
| 1980 | #2,086 | — | 50 | — |
| 1970 | #3,170 | — | 21 | — |
| 1960 | #6,147 | — | 6 | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Mecca, counting every spelling?
Mecca is the most common spelling of a name family that had 69 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 69 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mecca | 69 | #2,121 | 429 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Mecca?
69 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mecca (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Mecca born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 122 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mecca.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mecca?
About 800 people born in the US named Mecca are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 10. That makes Mecca a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mecca by state
How common Mecca was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (1.8×). In 39 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Mecca: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mecca, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Mecca
How popular is the name Mecca?
Mecca was the 2121st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 69 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1617th with 108 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,366 places. More babies were named Mecca in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Mecca a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 33% girls, 67% boys given the name Mecca in the US.
Where is Mecca most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mecca was most common in Maryland (0.10 per 1,000 boys), followed by Virginia and Georgia.