Girls' name · since 1990
Maham
Maham has 329 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,153 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,343 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 329
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maham is the #12343 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 329 recorded since 1990.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maham has been recorded 329 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #12343 nationally and more common than 29% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #15,153 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,343 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 329 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maham ranks #15,153 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,343 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 329 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,153 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,343 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 329
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maham's 329 recorded births place it above 79.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Maham compares
329 47th percentile among 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
Maham's all-time total is 12% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maham | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 329 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maham's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maham's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maham popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Maham by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (124 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Maham's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Maham births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
73 births
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s 45
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 124 births (38% of all-time use).
Maham by state
Where Maham concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 17 | 5.2% |
17 of 329 births nationwide.
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What to do with Maham's data
- Maham's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (124 total births) through the 2020s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Mahams (17 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maham: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Maham 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.