Girls' name · since 2012

Mahra

Mahra has 87 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#28,718 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,685 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
87
born since 2012
2020s
peak decade

87 babies have been named Mahra since 2012, making it today's #11685 girls' name.

Mahra has 87 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11685 as of the latest data, more common than 32% 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 2012 to 2025.

  • #28,718 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #11,685 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 87 born since 2012
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahra ranks #28,718 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,685 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 87 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.

#28,718 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,685 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
87
born since 2012
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%32.4%
Mahra vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Mahra's 87 recorded births place it above 60.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Mahra compares

87 23rd 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

Mahra's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Mahra Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 87 376 567,345
Peak-year births 15 21 19,840

Mahra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Mahra splits its recorded history at 2020: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Mahra popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2016)
15
Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
05101520 2012201420162017201820202022202320242025 8

Mahra by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (44 births, 51% of the file).

2020s was Mahra's strongest decade.

44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.

Mahra births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44 births (51% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mahra?
Since 2012, Social Security records show 87 babies named Mahra. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #28,718 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #11,685 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2016, with 15 births.
Where does Mahra sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahra ranks #28,718 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,685 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Mahra most popular?
Mahra was most popular in the 2020s decade with 44 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Mahra been used?
Mahra has been recorded in Social Security data since 2012, spanning 14 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Mahra?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mahogany, Mahala, Mahalia, Maha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Mahra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2012–2025 (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 Mahra 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.