Meklit
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEK-lit
- Origin
- Amharic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Meklit is a girls' name of Amharic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Meklit come from?
Amharic: Ethiopian name
Is Meklit a girl's or a boy's name?
Meklit is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meklit in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Meklit, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Meklit in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Meklit in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
How popular is Meklit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Meklit, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had fewer girls named Meklit than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Meklit in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meklit in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
Names like Meklit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maeva Fiadh Aoife Orla Esme Dua Maeve Mila Ayat Eden Maisie River
More Amharic names
Amare Aryam Gelila Mahelet Nolawi Haset Tafari Bruk Leul Naod Kidus Melat Haile Menelik Nuhamin Kirubel
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, “Meklit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meklit, updated 20 October 2026.