Mehki
A masculine Arabic name meaning "possessing an honorable character."
Name Census estimates that about 1,488 living Americans carry the first name Mehki. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Mehki today is around 16 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Mehki births was 2008 (109 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Mehki. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Mehki is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 16 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
1.5K
~ 1 in 230,346 Americans
Peak year
2008
109 babies that year
Average age
16
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,568
Tracked since 1997
Census
Mehki in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,100 people with the first name Mehki, which placed it at #11,591 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#11,591
National first-name rank
People counted
1.1K
1,100 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
79.7% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Mehki
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Mehki is Black at 79.7%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (9.8%) and Hispanic (5.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Mehki described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Mehki at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American79.7% · 877
- Two or more races9.8% · 108
- Hispanic or Latino5.9% · 65
- White3.5% · 38
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.8% · 9
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.3% · 3
Popularity
Mehki: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Mehki from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 737 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Mehki by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Mehki during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Mehkis live
The SSA's state-level files cover 13 states and territories. New York, Pennsylvania, Florida recorded the most babies named Mehki, while Ohio, Michigan, Texas recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 43 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Mehki
The name Mehki is of Arabic origin and has its roots in the Arabic language. It is believed to have originated in the Middle East during the medieval period, around the 7th or 8th century AD. The name is derived from the Arabic word "muhaqqiq," which means "critic" or "investigator."
The earliest recorded use of the name Mehki can be traced back to historical texts and manuscripts from the Islamic Golden Age, a period of remarkable cultural, intellectual, and scientific achievements in the Muslim world. During this time, scholars and intellectuals with the name Mehki were known for their critical thinking and analytical abilities.
One of the earliest known historical figures with the name Mehki was Mehki ibn Yahya al-Razi, a renowned Persian physician and philosopher who lived in the 9th century AD. He made significant contributions to the field of medicine and wrote numerous treatises on various medical topics.
Another notable individual with the name Mehki was Mehki ibn Abi Talib, a prominent Islamic scholar and jurist who lived in the 10th century AD. He was widely respected for his expertise in Islamic law and his contributions to the development of Islamic jurisprudence.
In the 12th century, Mehki al-Baghdadi was a renowned mathematician and astronomer from Baghdad. He is known for his work on the development of trigonometric tables and his contributions to the field of astronomy.
During the Mamluk period in Egypt and Syria, which spanned from the 13th to the 16th century, there were several notable figures with the name Mehki. One of them was Mehki al-Ansari, a Sufi scholar and poet who lived in the 14th century and was known for his spiritual writings and teachings.
Another historical figure with the name Mehki was Mehki ibn Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, a renowned Islamic scholar and Sufi mystic who lived in the 15th century. He was widely respected for his knowledge of Islamic theology and his contributions to the Sufi tradition.
These are just a few examples of historical figures who bore the name Mehki, but there are undoubtedly many more whose stories and contributions have been lost to time.
People
Mehki + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Mehki as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with M
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Mehki: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Mehki?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,488 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Mehki going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 230,346 US residents.
Is Mehki a common name?
We classify Mehki as "Rare". It ranks above 92.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,503 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Mehki most popular?
The single biggest year for Mehki was 2008, when 109 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Mehki is about 16 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Mehki in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,100 people with the name Mehki, or 0.36 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #11,591 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Mehki in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Mehki?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Mehki leans strongly male. 1,084 people counted with this name were male (98.9%), compared with 12 female bearers (1.1%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Mehki?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Mehki is Black at 79.7%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (9.8%) and Hispanic (5.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Mehki most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Mehki in the 2020 Census, accounting for 79.7% (877 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Mehki in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Mehki a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Mehki in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Mehki still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Mehki in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Mehki can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Mehki as a first name?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.