Girls' name · since 1964
Maha
2,019 babies named Maha in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,680 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,758 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,019
- born since 1964
- 2000s
- peak decade
2,019 babies have been named Maha since 1964, making it today's #2758 girls' name.
Maha has 2,019 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2758 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2025.
- #4,680 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,758 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,019 born since 1964
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maha ranks #4,680 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,758 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,019 born since 1964, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,680 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,758 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,019
- born since 1964
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maha's 2,019 recorded births place it above 93.53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Maha compares
2,019 Top 22% higher than 78% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maha's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,019 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 79 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maha's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 73% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 27%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 79, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 79
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Maha by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (556 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Maha's strongest decade.
556 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Maha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 26
1960s
26 births
- 1970s 131
1970s
131 births
- 1980s 205
1980s
205 births
- 1990s
1990s
390 births
- 2000s
2000s
556 births
- 2010s
2010s
448 births
- 2020s
2020s
263 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 556 births (28% of all-time use).
How Maha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Maha's total volume
Maha by state
Where Maha concentrates geographically, total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 234 | 11.6% |
| #2 | California | | 195 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 93 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 90 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 55 | 2.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 31 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 31 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 10 | 0.5% |
234 of 2,019 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Maha appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maha's data
- Maha's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (556 total births) through the 2020s (263) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Mahas (234 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Maha
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~61 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1964–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.