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How popular is “Meka” in the USA?

Number of people named “Meka” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Meka” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Meka” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Meka” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Meka” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Meka” by birth year

This chart shows how “Meka” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1970 19 0.000005268 19 100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 100%
1972 34 0.000010818 34 100%
1973 25 0.000008287 25 100%
1974 22 0.000007237 22 100%
1975 21 0.000006955 21 100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 100%
1977 25 0.00000787 25 100%
1978 17 0.000005356 17 100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 100%
1984 20 0.000005733 20 100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 100%
1987 17 0.000004715 17 100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 100%
2005 16 0.000004161 16 100%
2006 15 0.000003792 15 100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 100%
2008 16 0.000004071 16 100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2010 14 0.000003788 14 100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 100%

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