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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Mehar

Mehar was the 2766th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 62 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,481 places. More babies were named Mehar in the 2020s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,766 girls, up 495 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
62girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202562 babies
Total since 1880
672babies recorded

Mehar popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 46 since 2011, 5 in 2025.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#2,76662
2020#3,26148
2010#6,56120
2000#12,6717
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How popular is Mehar, counting every spelling?

Mehar has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Mehar?

62 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mehar (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mehar 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 135 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mehar.

Chance of another Mehar in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inWashingtonunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Mehar?

About 600 people born in the US named Mehar are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 13. That makes Mehar a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Mehar by state

How common Mehar was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (3.9×). In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesWA0.11Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesCA0.11Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Mehar, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Mehar

How popular is the name Mehar?

Mehar was the 2766th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 62 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,481 places. More babies were named Mehar in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Is Mehar a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mehar in the US.

Where is Mehar most popular?

In 2021–2025, Mehar was most common in California (0.11 per 1,000 girls), followed by Washington and New York.