Mekhi

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #1,169 for boys in 2025, 176 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
2005 · 861 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
12,354
since 1995

Mekhi over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mekhi has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #344, 2005boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,169176
2024#1,023218
2023#987223
2022#950239
2021#858272
2020#781300
2019#732329
2018#597459
2017#575474
2016#625428
2015#632423
2014#16,5135#599454
2013#14,5826#513521
2012#14,9626#503529
2011#16,7645#484544
2010#14,9596#479544
2009#12,4298#446623
2008#12,5798#431673
2007#449621
2006#442616
2005#13,0107#344861
2004#7,82814#344826
2003#9,04811#378688
2002#11,1088#546406
2001#10,1029#626303
2000#13,1546#932163
1999#6,83614#796193
1998#921154
1997#1,70657
1996#2,91125
1995#4,79112
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First appearance
1995

The first year at least five boys were named Mekhi! It came in at #4,791, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

See more about Mekhi
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 146 spots since 2024 (#1,023#1,169)
  • 388 spots since 2020 (#781#1,169)
  • 537 spots since 2015 (#632#1,169)
  • Biggest jump: 785 spots in 1998 (#1,706#921)
  • Biggest drop: 136 spots in 2000 (#796#932)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1995
  • Peaked 2005 at #344 (861 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1998–2023
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,320
  • Highest: 1 in 2,320 boys born in 2005 were named Mekhi (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,705 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 46.8% of all boys named Mekhi (5,780) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s441#796 (1999)#2,225
2000s5,780#344 (2005)#494
2010s4,705#479 (2010)#574
2020s1,428#781 (2020)#961

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mekhi in 1998

boys
#921
154 births · 1 in 12,411 boys

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #921Mekhi154
More about 1998

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 12,411 of them was named Mekhi, which outranked 91.9% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mekhi
  1. #918Jalon155
  2. #918Royce155
  3. #918Ryder155
  4. #921Mekhi154
  5. #921Alexandre154
  6. #921Clyde154
  7. #921Hernan154
  8. #925Augustus153
  9. #925Reagan153
  10. #927Devonta152

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 1,736Tyrese#2,347#611
  2. 805Zion#1,499#694
  3. 785Mekhi#1,706#921
  4. 743Tyriq#1,519#776
  5. 741Tavian#1,599#858
Fallers
  1. 429Coty#918#1,347
  2. 367Anfernee#838#1,205
  3. 326Jessy#962#1,288
  4. 295Mickey#966#1,261
  5. 280Mikal#1,000#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998