Mecca
A unisex name of Arabic origin, meaning the holy city; a place of pilgrimage.
Babies a year
83
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Mecca by the numbers
Mecca was given to 83 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 89 babies in 1995, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mecca. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean holiness
Like Mecca, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Arianavery holy; form of Ariadne3,870 in the US (2017)
- Ariannamost holy; form of Ariadne3,264 in the US (2017)
- Isabelledevoted to God; form of Elizabeth814 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Mecca
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