Mahira
Mahira was the 2230th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 83 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2226th with 85 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,441 places. More babies were named Mahira in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,230 girls, up 820 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 83girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202485 babies
- Total since 1880
- 829babies recorded
Mahira popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #2,230 | 83 |
| 2020 | #3,050 | 53 |
| 2010 | #10,215 | 11 |
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How popular is Mahira, counting every spelling?
Mahira is the most common spelling of a name family that had 83 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 83 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahira | 83 | #2,230 | 363 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Mahira?
83 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mahira (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mahira born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 101 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mahira.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mahira?
About 800 people born in the US named Mahira are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 10. That makes Mahira a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mahira by state
How common Mahira was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (3.7×). In 42 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Mahira
How popular is the name Mahira?
Mahira was the 2230th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 83 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2226th with 85 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,441 places. More babies were named Mahira in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Mahira a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mahira in the US.
Where is Mahira most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mahira was most common in New York (0.16 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and Virginia.