Makkah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAK-ka
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Makkah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Makkah mean?
Arabic: Arabic name of the city of Mecca
Makkah, in western Saudi Arabia, is Islam's holiest city, the birthplace of Muhammad and home of the Kaaba.
Is Makkah a girl's or a boy's name?
Makkah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makkah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 275% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Makkah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Makkah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
How popular is Makkah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Makkah, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had fewer girls named Makkah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Makkah in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makkah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Makkah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Ayah, Safa, Rehmat, Noa, Mirha, Ayat, Izzah, Ayra, Hafsa, Liyana, Minha
Names related to Makkah
Makiyah, Makiah, Makaiah, Makya, Makyah, Makhia, Makaiyah, Makia
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Makkah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makkah, updated 20 October 2026.