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How popular is the name Mehr?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mehrs are alive today.
Mehr (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Mair in England and Wales, ranked 1892nd in 2025 and given to 15 babies. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Mair you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Mairs born in England and Wales are between 10 and 29, and there are at least 500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Mair - on average, only one in every 630 such rooms contains a Mair.
How many babies are named Mehr each year?
Includes all spellings: Mehr, Mair, Maire. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Mehr spelling rank?
Where does the Mair spelling rank?
Where does the Maire spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mehr most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Mair, peaked in 2009, when 22 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Mehr spelling itself peaked in 2025, with 15 babies.
How many people are called Mehr?
At least 500 people named Mehr in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mehr?
Most living Mehrs are between 10 and 29; the most common age is about 16. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Mehr becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.