Mahan — #8134 US boys' name
94 babies named Mahan in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 43% of names given to boys today.
62% of everyone ever named Mahan was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Mahan in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mahan
The Social Security Administration has registered 94 babies named Mahan between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mahan currently holds the #8134 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mahan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mahan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mahan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mahan 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 94 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.
Mahan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Mahan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2019)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #8134 among boys.
94 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 12 births in a single year.
Mahan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 58 births that decade — 62% of Mahan's all-time total
Mahan decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mahan's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Mahan by state
Where Mahan concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 5.3% |
5 of 94 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California 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, 2009–2024 (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.