Girls' name · since 2016
Mahera
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 38 babies named Mahera, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #38,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,587 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mahera currently ranks #16587 among girls' names in America, with 38 babies recorded since 2016.
Mahera has 38 recorded births among girls since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16587 as of the latest data, more common than 4% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #38,228 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,587 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 38 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahera ranks #38,228 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,587 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 38 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,587 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mahera's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mahera compares
38 13th 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
Mahera's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mahera | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mahera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mahera's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mahera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Mahera by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Mahera's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Mahera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (53% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mahera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Mahera 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.