NameTides

Mecca

Mecca was the #2,108 boys' name in the US in 2025 (69 babies).

Mecca as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Mecca as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Mecca as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,108 (69)——
2024#1,795 (91)——
2023#1,608 (108)#4,992 (3)#2,614 (6)
2022#1,771 (93)——
2021#2,109 (68)——
2020#2,392 (55)——
2019#2,556 (51)——
2018#3,055 (38)——
2017#2,637 (47)——
2016#3,293 (34)——
2015#3,431 (32)——
2014#6,632 (12)——
2013#7,026 (11)——
2012#6,626 (12)——
2010#12,231 (5)——

Mecca as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Mecca as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Mecca as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#5,099 (25)——
2024#3,335 (47)——
2023#2,975 (56)—#2,900 (6)
2022#3,313 (48)#4,646 (4)—
2021#3,735 (40)——
2020#2,682 (62)——
2019#3,388 (46)#4,686 (4)—
2018#3,853 (38)#5,666 (3)#2,587 (7)
2017#3,996 (37)——
2016#4,345 (33)—#2,595 (7)
2015#6,036 (21)——
2014#5,025 (27)——
2013#6,729 (18)——
2012#7,144 (17)——
2011#7,783 (15)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,608.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2025, 27% of US babies named Mecca were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 25,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mecca is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 32,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mecca by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Mecca (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MeccaCanadaGirls—too few
MeccaCanadaBoys—too few
MeccaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MeccaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MeccaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MeccaUSGirls#5,09925
MeccaUSBoys#2,10869