Mahya — #14467 US girls' name
84 babies named Mahya in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Mahya was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Mahya in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mahya
The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Mahya between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mahya currently holds the #14467 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mahya performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mahya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mahya 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 84 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.
Mahya at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mahya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2015)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #14467 among girls.
84 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 9 births in a single year.
Mahya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 38 births that decade — 45% of Mahya's all-time total
Mahya decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Mahya's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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, 2006–2024 (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.