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Mekhi

Pronounced /mɛˈkaɪ/

Rank in 2024
#1,021
Born in 2024
217
Peak year
2005 · #345
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 217 boys were named Mekhi, about 1 in every 7,905.
  • It peaked in 2005 with 861 babies, ranked #345.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1995.
  • 12,174 boys have been named Mekhi since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Mekhi per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. 0
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 37 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,800 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,337 babies, 0.20 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

An African-American coinage, popularized by the actor Mekhi Phifer.

  • A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/mɛˈkaɪ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Mekhi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Makai

    Rank
    #533
    Born '24
    556
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Makhi

    Rank
    #1,985
    Born '24
    78
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20122024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Mehki

    Rank
    #5,505
    Born '24
    17
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20082024