NameTides

Mahir

Mahir was the #1,401 boys' name in the US in 2025 (130 babies), and #593 in England & Wales and #741 in Canada.

Mahir as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mahir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Mahir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,401 (130)#593 (65)#509 (6)#741 (36)
2024#1,481 (122)#685 (53)#655 (4)#613 (44)
2023#1,539 (114)#645 (55)#770 (3)#797 (31)
2022#1,532 (117)#632 (56)—#989 (23)
2021#1,645 (101)#1,023 (28)—#1,151 (19)
2020#1,621 (99)#796 (39)—#1,071 (20)
2019#1,886 (79)#634 (56)—#1,101 (19)
2018#1,777 (86)#721 (47)—#1,389 (13)
2017#1,935 (74)#833 (38)—#1,349 (14)
2016#2,110 (66)#698 (49)—#1,683 (10)
2015#2,300 (57)#903 (33)#699 (3)—
2014#2,370 (54)#714 (45)—#1,657 (10)
2013#2,278 (56)#676 (49)—#1,380 (13)
2012#2,678 (45)#837 (37)—#2,158 (7)
2011#3,164 (35)#812 (37)—#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,401.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mahir is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mahir by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #116MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: 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: #710OHPennsylvania: 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: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Mahir (boys) 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#44528

Mahir (boys): 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
MahirCanadaBoys#74136
MahirEngland & WalesBoys#59365
MahirIrelandBoys#5096
MahirNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MahirUSBoys#1,401130