NameTides

Mahira

Mahira was the #2,214 girls' name in the US in 2025 (83 babies), and #573 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Mahira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mahira 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Mahira 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#2,214 (83)#573 (69)#539 (5)—#1,315 (19)
2024#2,218 (85)#620 (63)——#993 (27)
2023#2,517 (70)#694 (52)—#856 (3)#1,491 (15)
2022#2,856 (59)#857 (41)——#1,854 (11)
2021#2,608 (66)#840 (42)——#1,778 (12)
2020#3,015 (53)#710 (52)——#1,662 (13)
2019#3,130 (51)#823 (45)——#1,342 (18)
2018#2,869 (58)#729 (54)——#983 (27)
2017#2,713 (63)#753 (53)——#2,374 (8)
2016#3,280 (49)#1,172 (29)——#1,600 (14)
2015#4,584 (30)#1,324 (25)——#2,179 (9)
2014#4,657 (30)#2,058 (13)——#2,374 (8)
2013#7,031 (17)#1,774 (16)———
2012#8,208 (14)#1,649 (18)———
2011#9,723 (11)#2,150 (12)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #2,218.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1992.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 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 19,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mahira is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 17,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mahira 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: #1,210MINew York: #947NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,231PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: 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: #1,037VAMaryland: 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: #2,921TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Mahira (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#59021

Mahira (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
MahiraCanadaGirls#1,31519
MahiraEngland & WalesGirls#57369
MahiraIrelandGirls—too few
MahiraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MahiraScotlandGirls#5395
MahiraUSGirls#2,21483