Maahir — #4282 US boys' name
240 babies named Maahir in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Maahir was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Maahir in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maahir
The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Maahir between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maahir currently holds the #4282 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maahir performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Maahir shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maahir in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maahir in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 240 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Maahir at a glance
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Current rank
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Maahir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2023)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #4282 among boys.
240 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 25 births in a single year.
Maahir by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 116 births that decade — 48% of Maahir's all-time total
Maahir decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 105 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Maahir's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Maahir by state
Where Maahir concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 11 | 4.6% |
11 of 240 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.