Mahira — #2223 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mahira

The Social Security Administration has registered 746 babies named Mahira between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mahira currently holds the #2223 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 85 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mahira performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 334 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mahira shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 117 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Mahira in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mahira 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 746 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.