Mahir
#1,401 for boys in 2025, 130 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 130 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,658since 1977
Mahir over time
Rank among boys' names. Mahir has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,401 | 130 |
| 2024 | #1,481 | 122 |
| 2023 | #1,539 | 114 |
| 2022 | #1,532 | 117 |
| 2021 | #1,645 | 101 |
| 2020 | #1,621 | 99 |
| 2019 | #1,886 | 79 |
| 2018 | #1,777 | 86 |
| 2017 | #1,935 | 74 |
| 2016 | #2,110 | 66 |
| 2015 | #2,300 | 57 |
| 2014 | #2,370 | 54 |
| 2013 | #2,278 | 56 |
| 2012 | #2,678 | 45 |
| 2011 | #3,164 | 35 |
| 2010 | #2,874 | 41 |
| 2009 | #3,831 | 27 |
| 2008 | #3,421 | 32 |
| 2007 | #3,188 | 35 |
| 2006 | #2,698 | 43 |
| 2005 | #2,803 | 38 |
| 2004 | #3,217 | 30 |
| 2003 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #3,738 | 18 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
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| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
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| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
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| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
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| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
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| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Mahir! It came in at #5,845, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1982, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mahir is popular in 2024
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#136 · 1 in 513
- Washington#731 · 1 in 4,064
- Ohio#936 · 1 in 6,586
- Georgia#1,115 · 1 in 7,302
- New York#1,636 · 1 in 14,413
Best ever in a state: #116 in Minnesota, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #136 | 47 | 1 in 513 |
| Washington | #731 | 8 | 1 in 4,064 |
| Ohio | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,586 |
| Georgia | #1,115 | 7 | 1 in 7,302 |
| New York | #1,636 | 6 | 1 in 14,413 |
| California | #2,466 | 5 | 1 in 36,052 |
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See more about Mahir
- 80 spots since 2024 (#1,481 → #1,401)
- 220 spots since 2020 (#1,621 → #1,401)
- 899 spots since 2015 (#2,300 → #1,401)
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2025 at #1,401 (130 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,139 boys born in 2025 were named Mahir (0.01%)
- 41.2% of all boys named Mahir (683) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #5,845 (1977) | #5,951 |
| 1980s | 18 | #5,459 (1987) | #6,071 |
| 1990s | 80 | #3,738 (1997) | #5,323 |
| 2000s | 274 | #2,698 (2006) | #3,712 |
| 2010s | 593 | #1,777 (2018) | #2,337 |
| 2020s | 683 | #1,401 (2025) | #1,537 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mahir in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 14,122 of them was named Mahir, which outranked 89.6% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,472Kallen123
- #1,472Lael123
- #1,472Zavian123
- #1,481Mahir122
- #1,481Anton122
- #1,481Cecil122
- #1,481Cristobal122
- #1,487Eros121
- #1,487Ishmael121
- #1,487Jaxen121
Tied with 5 names at #1,481; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.