Girls' name · since 2013
Mahirah
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 27 babies named Mahirah, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #42,338 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
27 girls have been named Mahirah since 2013, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mahirah has 27 recorded births among girls since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2013 to 2024.
- #42,338 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahirah ranks #42,338 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #42,338 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mahirah's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mahirah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mahirah's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mahirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2024
- Peak year (2023)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Mahirah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Mahirah's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Mahirah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mahirah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2013–2024 (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 Mahirah 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.