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How popular is the name Mahir?

Births per year, rank history and how many Mahirs are alive today.

Mahir (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 593rd in 2025 with 65 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Mahir you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Mahirs born in England and Wales are between 6 and 20, and there are at least 1,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Mahir - on average, only one in every 276 such rooms contains a Mahir.

How many babies are named Mahir each year?

0204060200020201996: 101997: 191998: 121999: 82000: 122001: 282002: 262003: 272004: 272005: 412006: 322007: 352008: 262009: 232010: 312011: 372012: 372013: 492014: 452015: 332016: 492017: 382018: 472019: 562020: 392021: 282022: 562023: 552024: 532025: 65actual

Where does Mahir rank among boys' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 1,2351997: ranked 8091998: ranked 1,1101999: ranked 1,5052000: ranked 1,1672001: ranked 6542002: ranked 7222003: ranked 7612004: ranked 7902005: ranked 6382006: ranked 7932007: ranked 7762008: ranked 9872009: ranked 1,0992010: ranked 9182011: ranked 8122012: ranked 8372013: ranked 6762014: ranked 7142015: ranked 9032016: ranked 6982017: ranked 8332018: ranked 7212019: ranked 6342020: ranked 7962021: ranked 1,0232022: ranked 6322023: ranked 6452024: ranked 6852025: ranked 593

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.

Chart: babies named Mahir per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 65 in 2025
Mahir: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Mahir most popular?

Mahir peaked in 2025, when 65 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Mahir?

At least 1,100 people named Mahir born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Mahir?

Most living Mahirs are between 6 and 20; the most common age is about 2.

Is Mahir becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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