Maham — #11417 US girls' name
322 babies named Maham in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Maham was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Maham in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maham
The Social Security Administration has registered 322 babies named Maham between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maham currently holds the #11417 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maham performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maham shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maham in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maham 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 322 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.
Maham at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maham popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2001)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #11417 among girls.
322 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 22 births in a single year.
Maham by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 124 births that decade — 39% of Maham's all-time total
Maham decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Maham's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% 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 | 5.3% |
17 of 322 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.3% 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, 1990–2024 (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.