Mahtab — girls' name
11 babies named Mahtab in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Mahtab was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Mahtab in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mahtab
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Mahtab between 1993 and 1994, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mahtab currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mahtab performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mahtab 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 11 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.
Mahtab at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mahtab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1993
- Peak year (1993)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
11 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 6 births in a single year.
Mahtab by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Mahtab's all-time total
Mahtab decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mahtab's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 1993–1994 (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.