Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mecca**

#3,364 most common girls' name of all time · #5,738 across all names · 27% male / 73% female · used 1952–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#3,364
Rank overall
#5,738 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
3,118
Since 2016
1,086
Peak year
2023 #2,985
Best rank
#1,659 1995
Girls Boys peak 164/yr
1960198020002020

Mecca first appears in 1952. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 25 69 94 #5,132
2024 47 91 138 #3,345
2023 56 108 164 #2,985
2022 48 93 141 #3,333
2021 40 68 108 #3,750
2020 62 55 117 #2,693
2019 46 51 97 #3,409
2018 38 38 76 #3,872
2017 37 47 84 #4,014
2016 33 34 67 #4,367
2015 21 32 53 #6,089
2014 27 12 39 #5,064
2013 18 11 29 #6,796
2012 17 12 29 #7,217
2011 15 — 15 #7,860
2010 15 5 20 #7,959
2009 23 — 23 #5,941
2008 34 6 40 #4,475
2007 29 5 34 #4,987
2006 48 — 48 #3,381
2005 41 6 47 #3,602
2004 42 10 52 #3,514
2003 36 5 41 #3,824
2002 49 12 61 #2,993
2001 48 — 48 #2,981
2000 63 7 70 #2,442
1999 77 10 87 #2,026
1998 80 8 88 #1,909
1997 66 10 76 #2,126
1996 79 12 91 #1,850
1995 89 7 96 #1,659
1994 79 — 79 #1,820
1993 59 — 59 #2,226
1992 41 — 41 #2,887
1991 34 — 34 #3,244
1990 36 — 36 #3,109
1989 24 — 24 #4,068
1988 19 — 19 #4,558
1987 25 — 25 #3,574
1986 24 — 24 #3,601
1985 32 — 32 #2,895
1984 31 — 31 #2,884
1983 32 — 32 #2,749
1982 27 — 27 #3,216
1981 36 — 36 #2,591
1980 50 — 50 #2,086
1979 36 — 36 #2,560
1978 28 — 28 #2,912
1977 42 — 42 #2,202
1976 38 — 38 #2,243
1975 43 6 49 #2,045
1974 24 — 24 #2,968
1973 30 — 30 #2,489
1972 25 — 25 #2,799
1971 30 — 30 #2,522
1970 21 — 21 #3,184
1969 18 — 18 #3,277
1968 13 — 13 #3,938
1966 7 — 7 #5,609
1965 5 — 5 #7,092
1964 6 — 6 #6,473
1962 5 — 5 #7,201
1961 8 — 8 #5,215
1960 6 — 6 #6,181
1952 5 — 5 #6,361