Mecca
Unisex · MEK-uh · Arabic
Unisex
Mecca is a name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,108th for boys in the US (69 babies).
What does Mecca mean?
Arabic: from the city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia
From Mecca, the holiest city of Islam; in English the word has come to mean a place that draws many visitors.
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Is Mecca a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mecca has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls and 69 boys in the US.
How popular is Mecca in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,108among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 69about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 69 boys in the US were named Mecca, making it the 2,108th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,391st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 108 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975. 25 girls were also named Mecca in 2025 (5,098th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Mecca in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1975, 88% of the babies named Mecca in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 27%, with more boys than girls since 2021.
Mecca in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,108 |
| 2024 | 91 | #1,795 |
| 2023 | 108 | #1,608 |
| 2022 | 93 | #1,771 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,108 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,391 |
| 2019 | 51 | #2,555 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
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