NameTides

Mekhi

Mekhi was the #1,169 boys' name in the US in 2025 (176 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Mekhi as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Mekhi 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Mekhi 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#1,169 (176)#5,137 (3)—
2024#1,023 (218)——
2023#987 (223)#4,108 (4)—
2022#950 (239)#3,450 (5)—
2021#858 (272)#3,017 (6)#2,812 (5)
2020#781 (300)#2,228 (9)#1,838 (9)
2019#732 (329)#3,937 (4)#2,440 (6)
2018#597 (459)#1,991 (11)#1,279 (15)
2017#575 (474)#2,512 (8)#1,158 (18)
2016#625 (428)#2,175 (10)#1,234 (16)
2015#632 (423)#2,150 (10)#2,139 (7)
2014#599 (454)#2,079 (10)#1,250 (15)
2013#513 (521)#1,339 (18)#1,028 (20)
2012#503 (529)#1,852 (12)#1,781 (9)
2011#484 (544)#2,039 (10)#1,268 (15)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #344.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,700 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 9,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mekhi is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,100 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mekhi 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: #935ILMichigan: #517MINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: 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: #676OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: 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: #775NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,483TXFlorida: #958FL
Mekhi (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
MekhiCanadaBoys—too few
MekhiEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
MekhiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MekhiUSGirls—too few
MekhiUSBoys#1,169176