NameTides

Maha

Maha was the #2,751 girls' name in the US in 2025 (62 babies), and #622 in England & Wales and #799 in Canada.

Maha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Maha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandUS
Maha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,751 (62)#622 (63)#780 (3)—#799 (36)
2024#3,176 (50)#767 (49)—#736 (4)#835 (34)
2023#3,386 (47)#677 (53)——#886 (30)
2022#4,295 (33)#940 (37)#760 (3)—#1,095 (23)
2021#4,245 (33)#1,128 (30)——#1,592 (14)
2020#3,778 (38)#1,164 (28)——#1,490 (15)
2019#3,272 (48)#1,189 (28)#765 (3)—#1,231 (20)
2018#3,158 (51)#1,170 (29)——#1,567 (14)
2017#3,091 (52)#1,371 (24)——#1,506 (15)
2016#3,100 (53)#1,370 (24)——#1,399 (17)
2015#3,429 (46)#1,279 (26)——#1,427 (16)
2014#4,003 (37)#1,234 (27)——#1,530 (15)
2013#3,778 (40)#982 (37)——#1,206 (20)
2012#3,854 (40)#1,253 (26)——#1,248 (20)
2011#3,781 (40)#915 (39)——#1,154 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2002 at #2,126.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1964.

How common is it?

about 1 in 26,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Maha is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 26,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maha by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Maha (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#54223
Quebec2025#5917

Maha (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MahaCanadaGirls#79936
MahaCanadaBoys#1,71812
MahaEngland & WalesGirls#62263
MahaIrelandGirls—too few
MahaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MahaScotlandGirls#7803
MahaUSGirls#2,75162