Mekala comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Goddess of lightning and rain..
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How popular is Mekala?
1998peak year
Today, Mekala has effectively disappeared from U.S. birth records. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1998, 17 babies were given the name (ranked #5982 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. In all, around 181 babies have been registered as Mekala since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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